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STIRRUP
Unique ID: DENO-D6F7E9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An iron post-medieval (AD c.1600-c.1800) stirrup. Overall, the stirrup measures c.143mm long, 143.9mm wide and 59.0mm thick. It weighs 146g.
The stirrup is formed from a frame made from an iron rod which has been shaped into almost an oval, with a flat base. The frame splits into three at the base to form the foot rest. The centre prong is straight while the outher two curve around to form the edge of the oval foot rest. At the top there is a projecting rectangular suspension loop.
According to the finder, there is a similar stirrup on display at Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, which is dated to the 1600s. There are very few of this type of stirrup on the database, but none are dated to a period more precise than the 17th-18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 143 mm
Width: 143.9 mm
Thickness: 59 mm
Weight: 146 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Barnby in the Willows (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8652
Four figure Latitude: 53.05834152
Four figure longitude: -0.71825811
1:25K map: SK8652
1:10K map: SK85SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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