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Record ID: SF-5508CC
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) stirrup terminal. The object is an elongated, tubular shape, C-shaped in cross-section with an open concave reverse and zoomorphic moulding on the outer face and sides. The centre of the lower end of the outer face projects downwards culminating in a rounded point representing the snout of an animal. Above this the outer face is decorated with a moulded 'eye' to eithe side, each consisting of a sub-oval loop with a pellet pupil in the centre and behind each eye a moulded 'ear' projects. The holl…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DFB8F
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy stirrup strap mount of Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. It is sub-triangular in plan with a zoomorphic relief design.  It is composed of a narrowed upper terminal which expands towards an expanded flat lower edge with two outer projections. The lower projections and upper terminal are zoomorphic, in the form of an animal heads. Between the two projections are two circular intergral lugs, above which is an old break. At the back of the flattened edge is a right-angled flange. The upper surface has moulded relief decoration composed of two…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F4ABED
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup strap mount (Williams Class A, Type 8) of Medieval date (c.1000-1100). Description: The mount is sub-triangular in plan with a zoomorphic head terminal at the apex. The decoration consists of a series of looping and bifurcating tendrils which end in lobes. The flange is not intact and is the piece that is missing. A minimal amount of iron corrosion is present on the reverse apex loop from the rivets. The object has a light red-brown patina. Measurements: length: 44.53mm, width: 30.81mm, thickness: 4.49mm, weight: 15.77g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F29971
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) stirrup terminal. The object is an elongated, tubular shape, C-shaped in cross-section with an open concave reverse and zoomorphic moulding on the outer face and sides. The centre of the lower end of the outer face projects downwards culminating in a rounded point representing the snout of an animal. Above this the outer face is decorated with a moulded 'eye' to eithe side, each consisting of a sub-oval loop with a pellet pupil in the centre and behind each eye a moulded 'ear' projects. The holl…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawkedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D28366
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval to Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) stirrup mount dating to circa AD 1000-1100. It is sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. It has a narrowed, now broken terminal. The terminal is zoomorphic, representing the snout of a beast. The loop has broken away. On the front face is now heavily worn but there is moulded decoration probably representing a pair of snake-like beasts. The lower edge contains two opposed perforations. There is no decoration on the reverse. The piece is consistent with Williams 1997 Class A, Type 6 with a similar example d…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9479B1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval to Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) stirrup mount dating to circa AD 1000-1100. It is broadly lozenge-shaped in plan with projecting circular loop for suspension which is now filled with corrosion.  The base of the mount is flat, and offset at a right angle from the body. The body solid with a raised saltire running through it. The edges are raised. The junction of the edges and saltire are adorned with raised rounded knops. In the centre of the saltire is a raised rounded knop. Two raised rounded knops are present on the edges of the widest points of the lo…
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Monk Soham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-943967
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval to Medieval stirrup terminal dating to circa AD 1000-1100. Rectangular in plan and L-shaped in section, it has a socket at the reverse. T. The front face has moulded zoomorphic decoration. At the bottom edge are two nostrils comprised of opposed rounded knops . Above this a median bulbous protrusion. Above this is a moulded V-shape probably representing the ears.  A similar example is depicted in Williams 1997 fig 2a. It is consistent with Anglo-Scandinavian examples dated to the 11th century AD.  Class: Terminal
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Monk Soham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40FA9D
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible Early Medieval cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount, c.AD 1000-1100. Williams Class A, Type 8. The object is sub-triangular in plan and is in the form of an animal-head. It is composed of a narrowed upper terminal which expands toward an expanded flat lower edge with two outer projections, one side is torn off and the whole object has been bent to become concave. The lower projections and upper terminal are zoomorphic, in the form of an animal heads. The obverse has moulded relief decoration composed of three curvilinear downward pointing chevrons, with the upp…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C5CCCB
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval to Medieval stirrup terminal dating to circa AD 1000-1100. Rectangular in plan and D-shaped in section, it has a socket at the reverse. The upper edge is pointed and terminates in an old break. The front face has moulded zoomorphic decoration. At te bottom edge are two nostrils comprised of opposed rounded pellets situated nelow an incised chevron representing the nose. Above this a median bulbous protrosion. Above this is a moulded V-shape probably representing the ears.  A similar exampole is depicted in Williams 1997 fig 2a. It is consistent with A…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-78844B
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval to Medieval copper-alloy stirrup strap amount dating to circa AD 1001-1100. The extant piece is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in sextion. It terminates in ancient breaks at each edge and is unclear how it was orientated from the surviving piece. There is openwork decoration comprised of two opposed D shaped apertures and two cicular apertures positioned above. The flanking edges have incomplete openwork desings. It has a brown-green patina consistent with Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup strap mounts. Not enough of the object survives to designate i…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B7513A
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy stirrup dating to circa AD 1300-1400. The extant piece is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in section. It has a rectangular socket. The front plate is decorated with parrallel moulded transverse grooves at the top edge and bottom edge. Beneath the groove on the lower edge is a series of alternate raised rectangular panels. The rectangular panel on the front face is decorated with incised zig-zag rocker work in the form of a perimeter border and opposed D-shaped elements. The back plate is much thinner than the front plat and is…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Frostenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6B85E5
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) stirrup-strap mount. It is sub-pentagonal in shape with a straight base, straight lower sides and inwards sloping upper sides. An elongated, pointed terminal projects from the apex, its outer face decorated with unclear moulding. The outer face is decorated with unclear, amorphous moulded decoration along each side. Typically this seems to form the wings and limbs of creatures, with the lugs at the base forming heads, but here the detail is worn and unclear. There is a small circular hole to either …
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-448925
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) stirrup-strap mount. It is sub-triangular in shape, its outer face decorated with the raised imaged of a lion looking upwards, with its right foreleg raised and tail curled above its body, all within a raised outer border. Below the lion there are two attachment holes filled with iron corrosion. The reverse of the mount is undecorated and has a flange protruding from the lower edge at a right-angle, which extends the full width of the mount. An attachment loop projects from the apex. The surface of the metal …
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DE4E71
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy stirrup dating to circa AD 1300-1400. The extant piece is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in section. It has a rectangular socket. It has an integral front plate which has  two transverse grooves situated at its upper edge, which is now jagged and broken. At the lower edge are three moulded transverse grooves which run extent to run along the sides.The back plate is much thinner than the front plat and is rectangular-sectioned. The sides project upwards and flare-outwards, broadly triangular in section. Each terminates in an ancient bre…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Rushbrooke with Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-67FAF9
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy stirrup terminal dating to circa AD 100-1100. The object is circular and hollowed. The outer face has moulded longitudinal ridges with the central ridge being most prominent. The design would likely have been zoomorphic but now not enough survives to determine how this would have been arranged. It has a brown-orange patina with flecks of green. The complete piece would have looked similar to WAW-4DED0E. Diameter: 18.1mm; Thickness: 4mm; Weight: 19.g. 
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wattisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-67BFCC
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete complete Early Medieval to Medieval copper-alloy stirrup strap mount dating to circa AD 1000-1100. The extant piece consists of broadly half of a shield-shaped stirrup strap mount. It has rounded edges. At one end is a now broken circular suspension loop set on a broadly rectangular panel separated from the main body by a moulded transverse border in relief. The body contains three complete surviving openwork apertures. One on the outer edge is hemispherical; another above it is circular whilst the other, in the centre above the transverse border, is a tref…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wattisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-014DEB
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) stirrup strap mount. The frame is is roughly pentagonal in shape with stright lower sides and end and a pointed upper end. The upper end is rounded and pierced with a circular attachment hole. The outer face is decorated with a pair of raised curving lines running longitudinally down the centre, each curving outwards and upwards at the lower end to form a simple knot in the centre. The inwards curving sections appear to take the form of beaked birds facing inwards, but this is obscured by corrosion. There is a …
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'All Saints and St. Nicholas, South Elmham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FA485B
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval stirrup terminal dating to circa AD 950-1100. The terminal is hollowed with a convex front face. It is rendered in the form of a styled animal foot with evenly spaced trilobite projecting knops emerging from the front of the flat base. A moulded median transverse groove runs across the outer face.  The socket is rectangular in plan and C-shaped in section. A similar example is recorded under BUC-8D2DD1 and the mount is depicted on Wiliams 1997: pg 5, fig 5 Length: 34mm; Width: 14mm; Thickness: 13.7mm; Weight: 12.36g
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hacheston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-125DE4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval to Medieval copper-alloy stirrup strap mount dating to circa AD 1000-1100. It consists of probably three quarters of the complte piece. The extant pieice is broadly shield shaped in plan and flat. Its edges are rounded. At the pointed ended is a rectangular knop under which is a circular suspension loop.  The body is openwork with with what appears to be at least four apertures, although this is now difficult to determine owing to its incomplete state. The front face contains the incised design of what are possibly two opposed beast. The mou…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bromeswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-979822
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval to Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) stirrup terminal dating to circa AD 1000-1100. The piece is zoomorphic in the form of a stylised beast. It is sub-rectangular in plan and broadly D-shaped in section. The front face consists of a moulded design of a beast with a raised terminal and two opposed pellets representing the snout, the head then turns back on itself where two flanking moulded knops represent the eyes. Here the zoomorphic element meets the socketed arm of the piece which now carries heavy iron corrosion. In the space between the zoomorphic element and …
Created on: Friday 14th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.