Record ID: IOW-16DDF0
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy unclassified stirrup strap mount of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 1000-c. 1100). The mount is roughly pentagonal-shaped in plan and has a rearward projecting flange at the base. At the apex there is a circular fixing hole and there are two other fixing holes through the flange which both contain the remains of iron rivets. Within the angle of the flange there are the vestigial remains of an iron strap. Open work consists of seven circular or sub-circular holes in a roughly symmetrical arrangement. The surface colour of the metal is generally reddis…
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-ACDF13
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 1050-c. 1100). This object is sub-rectangular and 'C'-shaped in cross-section. The convex front is moulded in zoomorphic form representing a beast's head. The eyes and nose are very prominent and the mouth is absent. The rear face that fitted on to the lower part of the stirrup is plain and uneven. There is abreak at the top and the bottom is closed. The metal is drab purplish reddish brown with bright green corrosion products. Height: 42.73mm; width: 16.86mm; thickness: 11.25mm. Weight: 19…
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-961A14
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) Stirrup terminal (1000-1100). This object is sub-rectangular in plan and 'C'-shaped in cross-section. The convex front is moulded in the form of a stylised human-like mask facing forwards. The eyes and nose are very prominent and the mouth is absent. Decoration on either side at the bottom may represent a beard. Close to the flat top there are two horizontal adjacent parallel bands in 'rope work' style. The rear face is plain and uneven. The object has a drab green patina with concreted soil within some of the crevices. Height: 32.47m…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F8821B
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Williams Type 2b (c. 1000-c. 1100). This terminal is one of a pair which would have decorated the lower corners of a stirrup. The stirrup terminal is sub-rectangular in plan, moulded at the front and deeply hollow at the rear. There is no projecting lip at the rear. The front is in the form an animal/beast head with a prominent bulbous nose, bulging eye brows and lobed-ended flaring tendrils. Just below the top there is a prominent ridge which does not extend to the rear. There is…
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DC5BA0
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Williams Type 2b (c. 1000-c. 1100) This terminal is one of a pair which would have decorated the lower corners of a stirrup. The stirrup terminal is sub-rectangular in plan, moulded at the front and concave at the rear which has traces of iron corrosion. There is no projecting lip at the rear. The front is in the form an animal/beast head with a prominent bulbous nose, bulging eye brows and lobed-ended flaring tendrils. Just below the break at the top there is a prominent ridge…
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-842EA4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount (c. 1000-c. 1100). The plate of this mount is roughly lozenge shaped in plan. It has an oblique rectangular flange at the base which is angled back at about 45° from the plane of the plate. The flange is pierced with a hole that contains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. The top of the mount narrows to form a lobe and is pierced to form a loop. The hole of the loop contains the remains of an iron rivet. The front of the plate has four recessed lozenge shaped panels creating a raised border foll…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2039B8
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy stirrup strap-mount (c. 1000-c. 1100). Williams Class A, Type 1. This stirrup strap-mount is symmetrical and characteristically pentagonal in plan, even and plain at the front. It has a trefoil apex loop with small side knobs. From the apex it widens to its maximum width of 32.5mm where a further pair of side knobs are present. The mount then narrows to a waist below with is a further pair of knobs above the straight base. The hole at the apex contains the remains of an iron rivet. The remains of two horizontally aligned i…
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-87C626
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount (c. 1000-c. 1100). Williams Class A, Type 12 (closed). The mount is a plate, roughly lozenge-shaped in plan extending into a sub-rectangular base with a projecting flange at the bottom which projects about 90° rearwards from the plate. The flange is sub-rectangular and solid with no piercing. Just above the flange and slightly off centre is the corroded remains of an iron rivet. The top of the mount extends into a circular tab, pierced to form a loop. The front of the plate has four recessed lozenge…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2017
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E0BEE9
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian)-Medieval copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount (1000-1100). Williams Class A, Type 11A. The mount is sub-triangular in plan, having convex sides and a horizontal base. It is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. At the top of the mount is an integral tri-lobed apex attachment loop. The circular aperture is 3.2mm in diameter. Near the horizontal base of the mount, close to each corner, there is a corroded iron rivet. Both rivets are largely obscured by iron corrosion. On the rear face, along the lower edge, is a flange which projects at…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-4E474A
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount (c. 1000-c. 1100). Williams 1997: 72, fig. 46. refs: 306-333, particularly 306. This openwork mount has a sub-lozengiform frame with a flat flange at the base. At the top there is a rounded apex loop with iron staining around. From the apex loop the mount flares out at an angle of forty-five degrees reaching a maximum width of 30.7mm. From this wide point it narrows at a forty-five degree angle before stabilising at the base. The main lozengiform field is divided by a diagonal cross creating four lozeng…
Created on: Friday 12th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0ECDD4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount (c. 1000-c. 1100). Williams Class A, Type 12 (closed). The front of the plate has two recessed lozenge shaped panels and a portion of suspension loop that may have broken due to wear. The rear is flat and plain. This worn mount is drab reddish brown. Length: 25.0mm; width: 19.9mm; thickness: 3.4mm. Weight: 2.82g. Williams (1997, p. 69-72) has categorised such mounts as Class A, Type 12 (closed). Similar examples are illustrated, 289-305. Williams (ibid. p.8) suggests that such mounts are …
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0336C3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams Class B, type 2, group 3 (1000-1100). The upper left side and top, including the apex loop are missing due to a break. When complete the mount would have been pentagonal in plan with both sides being vertical and a triangular top. The base is straight. It has an openwork design that consists of three pairs of perforations. The pairs are arranged one above the other flanking the central line with angled solid lines between them. This mount is too corroded to be descri…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0726C8
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Late Early-Medieval, eleventh century date. Williams Class B, type 3, group 4 (probably). The breaks are old and eroded. Length 35mm, width 32mm and 8mm thick. Weight 15.92g. The mount, when complete, was probably trapezoidal-shaped in plan. It is generally convex at the front and concave at the rear and has a rearward projecting flange at the horizontal base. At the lower corners, just above the flange, are two fixing holes that have the remains of iron rivets. At the rear side, just above the flange, a fragment of corroded iron is pre…
Created on: Monday 16th August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brading Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1FB012
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval to Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount (1000-1100). The mount is of flat and sub-pentagonal in plan, having an apex loop at the top and three projecting lobes on either side. The upper surface bears an incised design which may have been picked out in niello, although none exists. The central element of this design is symmetrical and appears to be addorsed (back to back) beasts in Urnes style. At the base a straight and almost right-angled flange projects rearwards. Just above the flange two rivet holes are obscured by an…
Created on: Friday 20th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-358C64
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Late Early-Medieval or Early Medieval date (AD 1000 - AD 1100). Williams Class A, type 11A. Length 50.8mm, mm, width 30.2mm and 10.5mm thick. Weight 37.59g. The mount is sub-triangular in plan, having convex sides and a horizontal base. It is slightly convex at the front and slightly concave at the rear where it has a number of small depressions, probably the result of casting imperfections. The concavity, however, is hardly noticeable. At the top of the mount is an integral tri-lobed apex loop at the centre of which is a cast or pie…
Created on: Sunday 23rd July 2006
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CBB8E4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) to Medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount (1000-1100). This mount is sub-triangular in plan with a slight convex (domed) front and a concave rear face. The edges of the mount are slightly bevelled. The body of the mount has relief decoration of a pair of sinuous snake-like beasts which are joined at the top of the mount by a single collar or knot. The tails of these beasts are forked and terminate in lobes forming the wide shoulders of the mount. The bodies of the two beasts form the edges of the mount. The heads of both the bea…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B9C883
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Early-Medieval, eleventh century date. Found in two pieces and subsequently joined together by the finder. Williams Class A, type 8. Length 44mm, width 25mm and 4mm thick. Weight The mount, which has a moulded zoomorphic design at the front, is sub-triangular in plan. It has a rearward flange at the base which projects at an angle of about 110 degrees from vertical. Just above the flange are two fixing holes, the centres of which are about 5mm distant apart. Viewing the mount from the front, the right-hand hole is larger than the left-han…
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D5F372
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian)-Medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 1000-c. 1100 AD). The terminal is in the form of a stylised animal or beast with a hollow back. It is semi-cylindrical and is open at the top enabling attachment to a stirrup and closed at the bottom. From the closed bottom of the semi-cylindrical part the base projects outwards and then curves upwards so that the beast is looking up the arm of the stirrup. There is an irregular groove at the base running lengthways. The head of the animal has a rectangular crest and there are two sub-circular perf…
Created on: Saturday 4th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7C0B77
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian)-Medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 1000-c. 1100). The terminal is in the form of a stylised animal or beast with a hollow back. It is semi-cylindrical and is open at the top enabling attachment to a stirrup and closed at the bottom. From the closed bottom of the semi-cylindrical part the base projects outwards and then curves upwards so that the beast is looking up the arm of the stirrup. The head of the animal has a rectangular crest and there are two sub-circular perforations, one of which may represent an eye. Thi…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D63200
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th century date (Williams Class A Type 1). It is roughly pentagonal in plan with a slightly concave base. The suspension loop and the upper part of the mount are missing. A rebated flange projects at about 90° from the rear face, near the base. There are two rivet holes. One is filled with the remains of an iron rivet and the other is empty and has a diameter of 3.1mm. At the front there is scant the remains of two engraved addorsed beasts. However, much of the design is lost due to corrosion. The front is a reddish brown colou…
Created on: Friday 14th May 2010
Last updated: Saturday 30th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.