Record ID: SF-CA2A57
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: SUFFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late early medieval or Viking Age 11th century stirrup strap mount. This example is most likely to fit into Williams' classification Class A type 4 (Williams 1997, 39-40, fig 27, 79-84). It is most likely to be Class A as it is sub-triangular in shape, it is most similar to type 4 as it has a distinctive oval frame, a trilobate apex and an expanded base. It measures 53.4mm in length and 30.1mm in width. The apex has a circular hole through the central lobe and below the apex is a mass of corroded iron, when viewed from the back face it is clear that this…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C9CD64
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: SUFFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late early medieval or Viking age 11th century stirrup strap mount. This example is most likely to fit into Williams' classification Class B type 4; East Anglian type face mounts (Williams 1997, 95-98, fig 59-60, no 455-466). It is most likely to be Class B as it is sub-rectangular in shape with an incomplete apex loop and an angled flange. It measures 42.6mm in length and 27.9mm in width. It is most similar to other type 4 examples as it depicts a fully modelled mask with accenuated nose and eyes, it also has scalloped edges as the other East Anglian exampl…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-310857
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: WARWICKSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount, dating to the 11th century AD (length: 44mm; width at base: 29mm; thickness at flange: 8mm; weight: 21.30g). Classified by David Williams in ‘Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification & Catalogue’ [1997], as a Group A, Type 11A mount (pages 58-67, ref nos 225-245 & 261-268), the artefact is sub-triangular in form and depicts a ‘lion-like quadruped with front paw raised and tail curved over its back (Williams, 1995, ‘Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 20: Stirrup Mounts’, page 3). Even though this example is badl…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-30DAA6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lower part of a Late Saxon trilobate stirrup terminal of Williams' Class L. The rear part of the base and all above the transverse ribbed moulding are missing. 11th century. Height / length 20mm.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2006
Last updated: Saturday 4th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Bendish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1EBE96
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: LINCOLNSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy early medieval stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 1. The pentagonal form mount is quite worn and smooth but some of the linear design engraved with niello is still visible. The apex of the mount has a loop and there are two lower fixing holes at the base. The reverse has a right angle flange and traces of iron corrosion around the back of the fixing holes and apex loop. The length is 48.9mm, the width is 32.5mm and the weight is 22.05g.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marsh Chapel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9F9395
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: WARWICKSHIRE
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy stirrup mount, 36mm long and 26.5mm wide. It is in a fair condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 10.50 grams. The mount is sub rectangular in form with a slight curved indentation in the centre of each side. Its upper part is missing and half of a fixing hole can be seen, flanked by two curved worn areas. This is flanked by raised linear decoration which creates a triangular form. Inside this is another raised area which is triangular. The lower edge of the object, which is straight, has triangular protrusions at each corner which would have form…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2006
Last updated: Saturday 18th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9E52D4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon incomplete stirrup-strap mount, very worn and corroded, broken loop at apex above animal-head on handle-like projection, springing from between tendrils terminating in scrolls on upper edge of pentagonal frame, faint traces of curvilinear decoration on plate, two iron rivets above flange at base securing part of iron plate onto reverse, some iron corrosion on face, 26 x >53mm. Williams's (1997) Class A, Type 5. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2006
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Topcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F32B24
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon Stirrup-strap mount, bent, worn and corroded, oval with rounded apex pierced by rivet-hole, and lobe on both sides of expanded base, cast with mask between symmetrical looping shapes, rivet-hole above angled flange (Cf. Williams 1997, Class A, Type 4, closest to no.82). 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2006
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DFCDC3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount, worn and corroded sub-triangular openwork, broken pierced lobe above zoomorphic head at apex, looping and bifurcating tendrils, with perforations between, ending in lobes. A pair of heads (one broken) project from either side of base with wing projecting upward from both, blind holes between relief decoration. Base pierced by two iron rivets (no flange) retaining fragment of corroded iron plate on reverse. 28 x >47mm. Williams's (1997) Class A, Type 8, design closest to no.142. 11th century.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2006
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rollesby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4EB4E2
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: WEST SUSSEX
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount, Williams Class A, Type 1. The mount is pentagonal in form, with a pendant lobe. Its original surface has almost completely worn away, but would once have been engraved with a pair of zoomorphic beasts knotted together. The three pairs of lobes on the objects' profile would have formed the ears, nose and crest of the animals' head. The right angled flange is complete with the traces of two corroded iron rivets still in situ. The worn surface of the mount is mid reddish brown to light greyish green in colour, with small patches of the origina…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F64014
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount, worn and corroded, cast sub-triangular with trilobed apex broken across uppermost of two rivet-holes, decorated with lion facing dexter (to the lions right) and looking upwards with front paw raised and tail curled between the legs and over the back, further rivet-hole below body of lion, narrowed right-angled flange at base with iron staining on reverse, 30 x >39mm. Cf Williams (1997) Class A, Type 11, decoration closest to two examples from Wreningham, Norfolk, fig.44, nos.277-8. 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2006
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F577A1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, slightly trapezoidal openwork, convex upper edge with corroded remains of iron rivet in centre (with corrosion filling flanking openwork holes), single central head supported on the forelegs of a flanking pair of beasts who sit on their haunches with their tails curled up behind their backs and ending in scrolls. Each beast has a curling crest and deeply engraved details on head and body, two iron rivets through base (without flange) retain fragment of iron plate on reverse, 31 x 36mm. Cf. 2 similar examples from Norfolk in Williams' (1997) …
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field Dalling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-E6F114
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: DEVON
Workflow stage: Published
A stirrup-strap mount of Williams’s Class A, type 11a. This mount, which would have been attached to the leather strap attached to a horse’s stirrup, shows a lion facing left and looking upwards with an open mouth. The lion’s front leg is raised, and its tail twists upwards over its back. The form of the lion is similar to that on Williams (1997) p59,no 202. The overall shape of the mount is sub-triangular, with an apex loop at the top. Unlike most type 11 mounts, the loop has no lobe or spirals, and is comparable to that on Williams (1997) p61, no 222. Rivets would have been…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Devon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-7A4754
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: WORCESTERSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount. It is a sub-lozenge shape in plan. The upper corner has an integral circular lug with the remains of a central iron rivet. The lower edge has a small integral rectangular block which has a single central rivet hole, also with the remains of an iron rivet. In profile this lower edge forms a 'L' flange in profile. The front face of the mount is decorated with four sunken lozenge-shaped cells. In the centre of the mount there is a small circular high-relief dome around which the cells are positioned. The reverse is undecorated. The surface of the mount i…
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Saturday 18th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-79B4B7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: SUFFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon fragment of stirrup-strap mount, corroded, upper part only with zoomorphic head at apex, pierced by rivet-hole, recent granular break across remains of tendrils, >23 x 32mm. Williams's (1997) Class A, Type 8, design closest to nos.155-6. 11th century.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hacheston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7883F5
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: NORFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, a variant of Williams 1997 Class A Type 10A. Apex loop missing. Of two fixing holes just above the base one is iron filled. Several details show this to be a variant: the animal head without comma-shaped ears, and with two asymmetrically placed drilled blind holes for eyes; a small lobe on both sides just below the apex loop; on the animal's body numerous grooves or channels made by, or enhanced with an engraving tool post casting; no flange. >49mm, x 32mm. 11th century.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Strawless', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-BEED67
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: BEDFORDSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup mount of probable 11th century AD date. Williams Class A, Type 12 mount (D. Williams, 1997, p. 70). The mount is roughly lozenge-shaped, but is squared-off at the bottom corner, where there is a backwards-pointing flange with an iron rivet and a corroded attachment of iron or possibly mineralised leather. The design on the upper surface consists of a central diagonal cross giving four closed recesses. There are seven projecting lobes, located at key points of the design, such as corners and the centre. At the top is a remnant of a circular apex loop. The object …
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2006
Last updated: Saturday 18th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kensworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BAADD0
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: SUFFOLK
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon stirrup terminal. Measuring 23.8mm in length, 15.2mm in width and 14.2mm in thickness. This stirrup terminal is roughly an oval shape in plan. The front face of the terminal is rounded with a central longitudinal ridge and a longitudinal ridge to either side of this. It has a short shaft which has a transverse moulding along its upper edge. The back of the terminal is hollow and 4.7mm in depth, it is within this hollow that the diagonal arms of the lower part of an iron stirrup would have been enclosed. This stirrup terminal is not zoomorph…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hessett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-AA2F02
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: SURREY
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stirrup-strap mount fragment belonging to Williams Class A, Type 11. The mount shows a left-facing lion looking upwards with his tail between his legs. The apex of the mount is missing. There are two iron rivets in the two lower fixing holes.
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2005
Last updated: Saturday 11th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-AA0C68
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: SURREY
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stirrup-strap mount fragment belonging to Williams Class B, either Types 1 or 2. The mount, the upper part of which only survives, shows a facing animal head with large ears, cut off below the nose.
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2005
Last updated: Saturday 11th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.