Record ID: SUSS-1CD35C
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy stirrup strap-mount of the late early-medieval period, dating from c. AD 1000 - AD1100. Description: The mount is pentagonal in form, each side of the plate has a triangular projection with small projecting knops at the top, middle and bottom, the upper knops flank the suspension loop. There are three circular rivet holes one at the apex and two at each end of the lower edge which has a flange set at right angle on the reverse. The base is very slightly concave. Any additional decorative elements that may have originally …
Created on: Monday 27th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 6th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beckley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-19B18A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worn early medieval, early silver sceatta dating to AD c.700-710, Series C: 'Runic' type. Obverse: Radiate bust right with runic inscription Reverse: Degenerate beaded standard enclosing TOT II; Outside each side is a cross and a T from each corner.
Created on: Saturday 9th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chiddingly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-109953
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount, 27.67mm in length and of Williams Class A Type 10A dating to the 11th century AD. The mount is convex and sub-triangular in shape, with two large drilled rivet holes on the lower edge. The front has a moulded motif of a beast (lion or dog) facing left, with front paw raised and head bent back and facing upwards with open jaw. The reverse is concave with a small flange at the lower edge. The apical attachment lug has broken away. Measurements: Length: 27.67 mm, Width: 26.8 mm, Thickness: 2.55 mm and Weight: 9.1…
Created on: Thursday 21st October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-80E2E2
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy and iron Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup strap mount of Williams' class A, type 11c, dating c. 1000-1125. The mount is broadly triangular in plan, with a straight base and slightly curving sides that extend outwards from a circular perforated lug (now clogged with iron corrosion products) at its apex. Coincident with the base of the object is an inwardly-projecting flange with a rounded edge and circular aperture at its midpoint (also clogged with ferrous corrosion). On its front face, the mount is decorated by a zoomorphic motif in raised relief of a lion…
Created on: Saturday 15th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1DEA77
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) to Medieval cast copper alloy harness link or strap distributor (1050-1200 AD). The distributor has four short arms in the form of an equal armed plain cross, sub rectangular in cross section, slightly convex at the top and flat on the underside. At each end of the arm there would have been a sub-circular loop with a sub-circular aperture. On this example, one loop is incomplete and the other three are missing due to breaks. The surviving loop is bevelled on the top and underside. At the centre of the cross there is a separate copper-a…
Created on: Sunday 25th May 2014
Last updated: Saturday 31st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rolvenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BBB0FD
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval cast copper-alloy fitting, probably a knife scabbard chape, dating to the 11th century. The chape has an abstract zoomorphic openwork form which represents a horse. In plan the chape depicts the horse in profile running right or left depending on which side is viewed. The head represents one curved side of the chape and the front legs the other. The side panels of the chape depict the body of the horse, tail and hind legs. Two parallel lines formed from punched oval dots curve from the neck to the rear feet, and from the top of the leg to the tip of the tail. The pun…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C0F216
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A triangular-shaped fragment of a cast copper alloy Type 2 cheek piece, dating to the late Early Medieval period (c. 1020-1100 AD). Type 2 cheek pieces are characterised by their long projection and ball end similar to KENT-6AD813, KENT-59B810 and SUSS-C989B3. The fragment is very worn and the metal is reddish-brown in colour. For further related examples cf. Williams (FRG Datasheet 39), which supports the suggested date above.
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone Cum Ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5CB211
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval cast copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Anglo-Scandinavian association, dating to c. 11th century AD. The stirrup terminal is of semicircular cross-section which encloses traces of the iron stirrup arm in the hollow shaft on the reverse and a small supporting ledge. The stirrup terminal is decorated in the form of an animal's head, with an elongated snout with traces of curved nostrils at the end that flare outwards. Traces of elongated eyes, eyebrows, forehead and ears are visible, but destroyed by severe surface wear. The upper part o the ter…
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Udimore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-3DFFE4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval cast copper-alloy 'Winchester style' tongue shaped strap-end. Openwork decoration depicting a simplified tree of life, with a central trunk and two pairs of side branches within a tongue shaped frame. The trunk terminates in a lozenge shaped element with border of punched dots and a central circular rivet hole. The branches and trunk are incised with lines and possibly have further punch decoration obscured by corrosion. The 'tree' rests on a kidney-shaped, flat element at the attachment end with an incised outer border and a pair of rivet holes, one still containing pa…
Created on: Saturday 13th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Oxney', grid reference and parish protected.