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STIRRUP
Unique ID: BUC-C81EE6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy stirrup, dating to the later medieval period, AD c.1230 to 1450. The object consists of the attachment end of the stirrup. With a trapezoidal cover-plate which sits in front of the suspension bar, which is narrower. On the upper, narrower edge of the cover-plate the stirrup is decorated with an crenulated edge. One of the arms of the stirrup is worn and broken, the other descends down before ending in a worn break. The stirrup has a light green patina, the measurements are not available.
Similar stirrups can be seen in Clark 1995, pages 72 to 74.
Notes:
Please note that this description was written without seeing the object in person, and may drop under the usual standards
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1230
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 1997
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Quarrendon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark, J. | 1995 | The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150 - c.1450 | London | HMSO | pages 72 to 74. |
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