Record ID: ESS-45D0CB
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of late early-medieval date. The item is formed from a semi-cylindrical shaft which is hollow at the back. The shaft terminates in three small knops, and the bottom or base of the item is solid and slopes diagonally downward. There is moulded relief on the outside of the shaft which shows a transverse ridge roughly in the middle of the shaft. There are three vertical grooves corresponding with the position of the three knops or 'toes' that run from the knops to the transverse ridge. Above the transverse ridge two grooves continue to e…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: DENO-44992D
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy stirrup terminal of early medieval date, c 11th century AD. The terminal has a hollow back, which would have enclose the lower arm of the stirrup (Williams 1997). The front of the terminal is zoomorphic, representing a beast's head with snout and tendrils, resembling the Ringerike style. One wall of the terminal has an old break, extending to the upper end. There is no apparent collar; this may be missing due to the break. The form resembles the snub-nosed types illustrated in Williams 1997, fig 2. Length 34.4 mm, width 11 mm, width 2.3 mm. Weight is 11.9 g
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2019
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Record ID: PAS-411051
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A broken and incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 11th century AD). The hollow channel running along the reverse of the object would have enclosed one of the arms of the lower part of the stirrup (Williams 1997, 1). The terminal appears to be of a simple, highly devolved zoomorphic design. The upper attachment end has been broken off. Below, there is a bulbous moulding which thins in a step as it travels down at an angle before narrowing into a rounded tip. Beyond the step the front of the head is decorated with a V-shaped engraved line, its po…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.