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STIRRUP
Unique ID: SF-D408C4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal of Early-Medieval date. It is rectangular in form with a hollow back face that gives it a U-shaped profile. At one end (base?) of the front face is a raised square shaped moulding that is decorated with knops in each corner and a central vertical ridge. There is a slight transverse collar at the opposite end but not other decorative elements remain visible. The back face contains the remains of a white substance, probably a solder for attachment of the mount to the now missing stirrup. It measures 17.16mm in length, 11.15mm in width, 9.56mm in thickness, and weighs 5.83g.
This is an Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup terminal that is possibly zoomorphic in form. It dates to the later Early-Medieval period of the 11th century AD.
Class: terminal
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.16 mm
Width: 11.15 mm
Thickness: 9.56 mm
Weight: 5.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Burrough Green
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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