Record ID: PUBLIC-BF00E6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn, cast copper alloy late Early Medieval zoomorphic stirrup terminal, of the Anglo-Scandinavian period. The upper part of the terminal is a hollow U-shaped triangle, one return of which is missing from an old worn break. The U-section tapers to an internal ledge on which the iron footrest of the stirrup would have been located and soldered. An internal cusp leads to a solid triangular projection the outside face of which is moulded, probably representing a zoomorphic beast's head, but is now far too worn and eroded to be resolvable as such. The form of…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-B85A45
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy stiurrup terminal dating to the early medieval period (c.AD 1000-1100). The object is broadly U-shaped in section and has worn breaks on each side. The surface is moulded with decoration, likely zoomorphic, however it is too incomplete. It has a smooth light green patina. Dimensions: Length 25.3mm; width 12.5mm; thickness 1.8mm; weight 3.7g Similar are illustrated in Williams 1997 FRG Datasheet 24.
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-71EFA1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy late Early Medieval stirrup terminal of the Anglo-Scandinavian period dating from about AD 1000 - 1100  The terminal is roughly U shaped in section with a hollow slot on the reverse which would have held the iron stirrup arm. It has a rounded pointed termial, and a double raised collar at the other end.  It is 25.8mm long, 10.1mm wide and weighs  8.88  thick, and weighs 7.5g. A similar example is SWYOR-4C69F1 and see https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/stirrup-terminals/.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Saturday 22nd July 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-24F6D6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy stirrup terminal of Early Medieval date (c.AD 950-1000). The terminal is hollowed with a convex face, which has two moulded transverse grooves running across it. There are three knops that project from the base, two smaller ones on each side and a longer rectangular one at the terminal. The reverse is hollow and concave. The object has an overall green patina with smaller areas of brown, particularly on the ridges.  The socket is rectangular in plan and C-shaped in section. Dimensions: Length 48.7mm, Width 14.6mm, Thickness 14.7mm, Weight 24.79g. …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D7C58B
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete late early-medieval copper-alloy stirrup terminal with a flat trefoil finial. The socket is semi-cylindrical in cross section, open at the rear and the top. The front and sides are decorated at the top with a pair of transverse ridges approximately nine millimetres apart. The space in-between is both transversally and longitudinally convex (so somewhat hemispherical). The trefoil plate projects downward, slightly forward and laterally from the bottom-front of the socket. The lateral foils are crescent-like, curving upward, while the central foil is sub-circular. Within the soc…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-64F69B
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and worn Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup terminal of simple zoomorphic type (Williams 1997 FRG Datasheet 24, fig. 4) with decayed remains of an iron stirrup within. Parts of the closed end and all of the open end are missing but the swell of the animal's brow and longitudinal ribs on the elongated snout are visible. Weight 5.7g. Extant length 25.2mm. Width 9.2mm. Thickness 7.5mm. 11th century.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-13C231
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late early-medieval copper-alloy stirrup terminal with a flat trefoil finial. The socket is semi-cylindrical in cross section, open at the rear and the top. Parts of the edges in both places are now lost to worn breaks. The front is decorated near the bottom with a transverse ridge, below which are two shallow transverse grooves. The trefoil plate projects downward and laterally just below these. The lateral foils are each decorated with a single shallow crescent-shaped groove. The central foil bears a pair of these, which meet each other at their distal tips to create a lea…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
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Record ID: SF-AAF865
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) zoomorphic stirrup terminal. The object is an irregular, enlongated shape and is sub-triangular in cross-section. It is moulded in the form of a beast's head pointing downwards, its snout extending beynd the lower edge of the terminal. The upper, inner end is C-shaped in cross-section with a concave reverse where the iron componant would have been attached, which is filled with corroded whitish material. The rounded outer face of this section is decorated with six longitudinal grooves with a rai…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9E2EB8
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup terminal, flat-fronted and sub-triangular in the lower part with, at the apex, a transverse rib lies below a bulbous moulding the top of which is cracked and broken. The hollowed reverse is empty of solder. At the base of the hollow and above the base of the object there is an incomplete flange. The only parallel noted (SF-BF2633)  is complete: at the apex there are two bulbous mouldings, the upper one a stylised animal head. Weight 13.4g. Length 32.7mm. Width 19mm. Thickness excluding flange 6mm. 11th century. Finder's number PS2/8
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-613CD3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup terminal of trilobate foot-like form (Williams 1997 Finds Research Group Datasheet 24, fig. 5). The top is marked by a pair of transverse rib. There is insufficient depth within the object for the corner of a stirrup to gain sufficient purchase because the space is largely taken up with an excess of lead solder. Height 27mm. Width 25.8mm. Thickness 17mm. Weight 28.3g. 11th century.  Finder's number POD15/26
Created on: Sunday 12th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4A8099
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup terminal of trilobate foot-like form (Williams 1997 Finds Research Group Datasheet 24, fig. 5). The upper part is missing, the break lying just above a transverse groove. Some lead solder remains within along with rust. Weight 7.3g. Width 19.7mm. Extant height 16.4mm. 11th century. Finder's number POD15/9
Created on: Saturday 11th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-461A74
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup terminal of trilobate foot-like form (Williams 1997 Finds Research Group Datasheet 24, fig. 5). The upper part is missing, the break lying below where there would almost certainly have been a transverse rib or possibly a groove. Some lead solder remains within. Weight 10.0g. Width 19.2mm. Extant height 16.3mm. 11th century. Finder's number AF6/8
Created on: Saturday 11th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-640966
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified and incomplete copper-alloy object of unknown but perhaps early-medieval or medieval date. It may be zoomorphic and it bears a resemblance to a late early-medieval Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup terminal mount, but it doesn't have a channel or recess to receive the stirrup. If it is indeed zoomorphic (this could be a subjective interpretation), it seems to be shaped like a fully-rounded quadruped with its rump raised upon semi-erect hind legs and its head down low, resting on or between its forelegs, which lie flat. The limbs are not well defined, but are simply suggest…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-FFC565
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and unusual post-medieval copper-alloy spur. It is small and perhaps intended for a child. The short and stubby prick is set between four integral cast cylindrical loops arranged in a cross-formation around the thickened terminal of the neck: one on the top, bottom, left and right, as viewed with the tip of the terminal facing. Each cylinder is joined to the terminal side-on (rather than end-on). The top one is about 25 per cent longer than the other three. There appears to be greater wear on the bottom and left ones. The neck itself is lozenge-shaped (equal-sided…
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B6B9FD
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon / Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy stirrup terminal of trilobate "foot-like form" (Williams 1997, FRG Datasheet 24, fig. 5) containing one corner of an iron stirrup. One of the three lobes is missing, probably as a result of miscasting rather than wear or damage. There are two transverse rib mouldings including one at the top edge. Weight 19.10g. Height 31mm. Width 15mm. 11th century. Probably a pair with NMS-B6A3AC which was found c.4m to the east and 21m to the south Finder's number POD 12/6
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-B6A3AC
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower part of a Late Saxon / Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy stirrup terminal of trilobate "foot-like form" (Williams 1997, FRG Datasheet 24, fig. 5). The breaks at the top and on the reverse, where the edges have been forced apart, are not old. A thick deposit of pale grey lead solder remains on the inside. Weight 10.83g. Extant height 15.6mm. Width 21mm. 11th century. Probably a pair with NMS-B6B9FD which was found c.4m to the west and 21m to the north Finder's number POD 12/1
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-A411E6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
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 (c. AD 1000-1100). The mount is lozenge-shaped with a backwards projecting flange, and an apex loop. There are four lozenge-shaped apertures forming an central diagonal cross. There are eight round raised bosses. The rounded head loop has a central hole and retains an iron fixing. The flange also retains an iron fixing through a central hole. The frame is rectangular in cross-section and several of the edges are rounded due to wear. The lo…
Created on: Monday 28th June 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4DA47E
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Abraded and incomplete Late Saxon / Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy stirrup terminal or possible shoulder mount, one end intact, the other broken (not recently), U-sectioned with traces of lead solder on the inner face. The zoomorphic decoration is badly miscast. Extant length 18mm. Width 13.3mm. Thickness 10mm. Weight 5.99g. 11th century. Shoulder mounts, which appear on the complete stirrup from Chalgrave, Oxfordshire, are not commonly reported, cf. Norfolk examples from Swannington (NMS-979583), West Acre (NMS-83FB41), Wymondham (NMS-55FB43) and Holme Hale (NMS-C0D44A). The p…
Created on: Friday 19th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-05E7FF
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily worn but complete Late Saxon copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 8. Sub-triangular, with a large animal-head terminal at the apex, and a smaller, pointed animal-head terminal projecting downwards from each of the lower corners, on either side of the right-angled flange. The moulded relief decoration has worn considerably but it is still possible to decern some features. There is an inverted V-shaped groove on the upper animal head and behind this is a pair of long pointed ears which sweep backwards and outwards onto the main body of the mount. A pair of …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-F9B2FC
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy cruciform stirrup-strap mount of Williams 1997, Class A, Type 14. The two lower fixing holes are filled with remains of iron rivets and the reverse above the angled flange is covered by rust from the iron fitting. Both sides of the sub-triangular lower arm of the cross are followed by an engraved groove but the rest of the front face has been left undecorated (a horizontal groove along the base may link the ends of the other two but all is obscured by rust). The very simple, gently bulbous terminals of the top and cross arms cannot be described as zoomorphic. A…
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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