Record ID: BH-3FC818
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Saxon stirrup strap mount of Williams' (1997, p. 77) Class A, Type 14 dating AD 1000-1100. The object is cruciform in shape with narrow upper and side arms. The upper arm narrows slightly to an old worn transverse break. The side arms taper inwards towards rounded terminals. The lower arm expands into a triangular plate with an inwardly angled flange at the base and two circular perforations in each angle, both with corroded circular-sectioned iron rivets (approximately 4mm diameter). One corner of the flange is missing but the piece is otherwise c…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2021
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Record ID: BH-557E3E
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup terminal of eleventh century date. The terminal is in the form of a stylised animal or beast. The body of the object consists of an elongated semi-circular sectioned arm with a wide transverse collar at its upper edge that has a narrower collar above and below it. The arm itself is crescentic in cross-section but still encloses the remains of the iron stirrup. The arm extends into an ornate zoomorphic terminal which is in the form of a crested coiled creature that curves back on itself and joins with the arm to create a circul…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
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Record ID: BH-550F8A
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy late Early Medieval stirrup-strap mount, Williams Class A type 12 (open-work version), dating to the eleventh century. The mount is lozenge-shaped with a horizontal inwardly folded base and an apex loop. The central frame is rectangular in cross-section and several of the edges are rounded due to wear. There are four lozenge-shaped apertures, each varied in size, forming an enclosed diagonal cross. The loop is D-shape in cross-section with a circular aperture through the centre. The base is broadly L-shaped in cross-section and tapers to a pointed terminal…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Record ID: NARC-9B0823
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Stirrup-Strap Mount of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) date (AD 1000-1100). The object is sub-triangular in plan. The top of the mount is rounded and has a circular perforation within the centre of the upper projection. The plate is slightly concave to the front of the plate. The upper perforation is flanked by two knops around the edge of the stirrup-strap mount. From these knops the plate widens to a maximum width of 29.36mm which is marked by a second lower pair of rounded knops. Between the upper and lower knops the plate expands at a point which i…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-48CEA1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete late Saxon stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 2. It is sub-triangular and convex, cast from copper alloy, dating to c. AD 1000 - 1100. It measures 53mm in total length and 35mm in maximum width; it weighs 24.4g. The longer sides curve outwards down the frame from just below the apex. If drawing a circle from the centre of the frame, the outer curved edges to the left and the right form a circle with a radius of 17mm. The short edge at the bottom of the frame is 14.5mm wide and each end terminates with a downward protrusion, each measuring approximately 4.2mm w…
Created on: Sunday 5th June 2016
Last updated: Friday 1st July 2016
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Record ID: CAM-148C37
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete or almost complete late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) c.11th century copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal. The stirrup terminal is 'C' shaped in cross section, with a hollow socketed reverse. Lighter corrosion product within the socket is indicative of lead solder. Remains of what appears to be an integral plate seem to cover the socket however very little of this survives meaning that the funtion of this copper-alloy protrusion is uncertain. This might possibly be one of the terminals that Williams discusses as potentially having been cast with the stirrup in pos…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E803E3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup terminal mount of zoomorphic design. This mount weighs 5.25g, has a length of 16.3mm, width of 11.7mm and depth (thickness) of 10.3mm. The back of the mount is hollow 'U' shape. The walls of the mount at the edge of the artefact have a thickness of 2.4mm. The front lower edge is cut away from the straight sided side edges and forms a rounded slightly upturned snout. Above the snout the beast has circular bulging eyes that form hemispheres further defined by a surrounding shallow groove. Two diagonal parallel grooved lines occupy the area between the side edges o…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E656C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval composite copper-alloy and iron zoomorphic mount while this object bears a superficial resemblance to a buckle this is believed to be fortuitious and that the object is best interpreted as harness mount of 11th century AD date. This artefact weighs 6.34g and has a length of 41.3mm. One end has a width of 14.9mm and is a straight bar 2.9mm thick. This bar has a sub-D shaped cross-section the inner edge being slightly straighter than the outer edge and upper and lower surfaces. This bar accounts for 2.4mm of the total length. From the corners of this bar the artefac…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6B9963
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete 11th century Viking cast copper alloy stirrup mount terminal. It is a zoomorphic animal head type, probably representing a snarling Wolf. Other animal types have been used for this purpose, especially those suggesting strength or ferocity. Boar for example. (See CAM-301681). The object is worn, with little of its light brown patina remaining. Length 28.1mm, width 16.6mm, weight 10.5g. See CAM-301681, CAM-148C37, BERK-3EAF68, WAW-59FD47, HAMP-21CD7F. See Williams, D., 1997 Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue York : CBA Research Report 11…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4FDC12
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval/Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams' Class B. It is missing the upper half and one side of the mount due to old breaks. The surviving areas of the mount have openwork decoration comprising the remains of two sub-triangular apertures at the base of the mount, above which are the remains of a central circular(?) aperture. At the centre of the base and to one side of the central aperture where it terminates in old breaks are traces of moulded decoration of uncertain form, comprising small projecting lobes. At the base of the mount i…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D986F2
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Anglo-Saxon cast copper alloy Stirrup Mount fitting. Two lateral lines of moulding at its top,with four curvilinear incised lines radiating downward forming a petal-like design. In good condition. Length 25.0mm,width 23.3mm,and weight 11.7g. A similar fitting is illustrated in Gordon Bailey"s "Detector Finds 5",p.38,Fig.2.
Created on: Friday 1st July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CARLTON.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D408C4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal of Early-Medieval date. It is rectangular in form with a hollow back face that gives it a U-shaped profile. At one end (base?) of the front face is a raised square shaped moulding that is decorated with knops in each corner and a central vertical ridge. There is a slight transverse collar at the opposite end but not other decorative elements remain visible. The back face contains the remains of a white substance, probably a solder for attachment of the mount to the now missing stirrup. It measures 17.16mm in length, 11.15mm in width, 9.56mm in…
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2010
Last updated: Saturday 11th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrough Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-303527
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy 11th century stirrup mount (terminal). It is of the decorated animal head type of stirrup mount, see Mills, N. 2001 (p.78, item V220). The Mount has a concave underside and a projecting lower flange. Dimensions: length 26.15mm, width 12.76mm, height 13.09mm, weight 11.34g.
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-301681
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy 11th century stirrup mount (terminal). It is of the decorated animal head type of stirrup mount, see Mills, N. 2001 (p.78, item V220). The Mount has a concave underside and a projecting lower flange. Dimensions: length 33.24mm, width 11.41mm, height 12.17mm, weight 11.46g.
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-191BE2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unidentified copper-alloy object in the form of a wolf's head in 11th-century Anglo-Scandinavian style, perhaps related zoomorphic spurs or stirrup terminals. The object consists of a short, square section of metal 4.74mm sq. which is broken off 6.28mm from the ears of the wolf. The object flares out to form the head of the animal and then tapers to a rounded point to form the snout. The metal is pierced to form two holes either side of the head, representing the eyes and nostrils of the creature. Length; 30.30mm; width: 10.88mm; weight: 6.05g. Compare GLO-961A…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: WMID-012923
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian Urnes style zoomorphic stirrup terminal, dating to the Early Medieval period (11th century), between AD 1000 – 1100 (length: 39.5mm; width: 11mm; thickness: 11mm; weight: 13.5g). The terminal has a semi-cylindrical and hollow casing (which the stirrup would have originally fitted into) with a narrowed and pointed snout at one end which is slightly angled upwards. At the opposing end, the semi-cylindrical terminal is marked by a single linear ridge running around the outside edge. The terminal’s Urnes style zoomorphic decoration is …
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brington and Molesworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-53C901
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup mount of probable 11th century AD date. This piece is classified as a variation on Williams' Class B, Type 3, Group 2 mounts (Williams; 1997; pp. 92). It is stylistically similar to no. 429, but is an interesting addition to the group, in that it clearly depicts a stag, whereas the animal shown in most examples of this type is rarely clear. The plate is roughly trapezoidal, the upper edge increasing slightly in height towards the central apex loop. The design is depicted through the use of raised mouldings, indented lines and five apertures. In contrast to the c…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8E0144
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A Type 3 (Williams 1997, 36-39, fig 25). Only the lower third of this stirrup strap mount survives the rest is missing due to an old break. As with all Class A mounts this example would have been roughly triangular in shape when complete and has a right angle flange with one central lower circular fixing hole. It measures 23mm in surviving height and 32mm in width. This example is Type 3 as it depicts, using an open work design, a central standing facing man. From what survives you can clearly see…
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2005
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-97D5B1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The whole side of an unusual late Anglo-Saxon, that is Viking Age, stirrup. The stirrup side now consists of a corroded iron core, one of half of which is encased in a copper-alloy sheath. The sheath has a very debased terminal and a decorative knob on the shoulder. It has a U-shaped cross-section, and is slightly curivilinear, measuring 80mm in total length and 12mm in width at its widest point. The debased terminal end projects at about a 45 degree angle from the main body of the sheath and there is a transverse ridge at this point, it then tapers to a point. The incomplete shoulder…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd December 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-967783
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object possibly of late Anglo-Saxon/Viking Age date. This object consists of a flat circular part with three evenly spaced triangular protrusions along its edges, from the reverse of these incomplete intergral shafts project. It measures in total 16mm by 19mm and 18mm in length. The flat circular disc measures c11mm in diameter and has a central circular hole. The triangular prorusions with their tips pointing down towards the shafts, which project from their undersides, may be stylised animal heads. The shafts have a roughly triangular cross…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.