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STIRRUP

Unique ID: NMGW-C9F386

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Cast copper alloy stirrup of Late Medieval date, probably dating from the late 14th to the 16th century. The stirrup is incomplete, missing the footrest and approximately half of one of the side arms. The side arms are of sub-triangular section at the suspension loop and widen towards the footrest. The more complete arm has moulded decoration on the outside face, consisting of a raised rectangular panel, containing a raised chevron. The side arm, beneath the decoration, is of oval section. The more complete arm is unlikely to be distorted or bent outwards, since as Ward Perkins (1940, p 89) notes, late 14th century forms tend to have an asymmetrical projection to one side. The suspension loop is masked by an integral decorative panel. The panel is sub-rectangular and has three central raised ribs. On either side of the ribs the panel is decorated with a double S-scroll composed of short incised marks. The suspension loop is composed of a slightly convex rectangular bar.

Notes:

The stirrup can be best paralleled with two fragmentary examples illustrated in Read (1995) Nos. 545-546.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1475
Date to: AD 1599

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 93 mm
Width: 100 mm
Thickness: 14.4 mm
Weight: 5.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2003

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA 2003.217.2

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Caerphilly (Unitary Authority)
District: Caerphilly (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rudry (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST2284
Four figure Latitude: 51.549478
Four figure longitude: -3.126309
1:25K map: ST2284
1:10K map: ST28SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
London Museum	1940	London Museum Medieval Catalogue	London	HMSO	88-94	Fig 23.9, 27.2
Read, B.	1995	History Beneath our Feet (1995)	Ipswich	Anglia Publishing	90-91	Nos. 545-6

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Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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