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Record ID: SF-5508CC
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) stirrup terminal. The object is an elongated, tubular shape, C-shaped in cross-section with an open concave reverse and zoomorphic moulding on the outer face and sides. The centre of the lower end of the outer face projects downwards culminating in a rounded point representing the snout of an animal. Above this the outer face is decorated with a moulded 'eye' to eithe side, each consisting of a sub-oval loop with a pellet pupil in the centre and behind each eye a moulded 'ear' projects. The holl…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4F0E5E
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Early Medieval stirrup terminal dating to circa AD 950-1100. The terminal is hollowed with a convex front face and concave reverse. It is rendered in the form of a styled animal foot consisting of a flat D-shaped base with evenly spaced trilobite projecting knops emerging from the front of the flat base. Above this is a rectangular shaft with D-shaped section. A moulded median transverse groove runs across the outer face just before the foot. The stirrup has a mottled reddish brown green colour. The stirrup is 67.8mm long, 24.1mm wide, 15mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Standlake CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DFB8F
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy stirrup strap mount of Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. It is sub-triangular in plan with a zoomorphic relief design.  It is composed of a narrowed upper terminal which expands towards an expanded flat lower edge with two outer projections. The lower projections and upper terminal are zoomorphic, in the form of an animal heads. Between the two projections are two circular intergral lugs, above which is an old break. At the back of the flattened edge is a right-angled flange. The upper surface has moulded relief decoration composed of two…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F4ABED
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup strap mount (Williams Class A, Type 8) of Medieval date (c.1000-1100). Description: The mount is sub-triangular in plan with a zoomorphic head terminal at the apex. The decoration consists of a series of looping and bifurcating tendrils which end in lobes. The flange is not intact and is the piece that is missing. A minimal amount of iron corrosion is present on the reverse apex loop from the rivets. The object has a light red-brown patina. Measurements: length: 44.53mm, width: 30.81mm, thickness: 4.49mm, weight: 15.77g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-C6E667
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy possible Early Medieval to Medieval stirrup terminal dating from AD 1000 - 1200. Only the projecting loop and a small part of the terminal survives. A loop extends from the outer face. It is 5.9mm wide and oval in cross-section. The rest of the object is broadly triangular and has a conccave face opposite the loop. It has no obvious means of attachment, but silvery material on the concave face suggests that it was soldered in place originally. Measurements are; length 18.4mm, width 13.2mm, thickness 13.0mm and weight 5.75g. The metal is gr…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-497692
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy anthropomorphic mount, probably from a stirrup terminal and 20.3mm in length. The terminal is triangular in cross section and overall shape. The decoration unusually is not zoomorphic, instead having a moulded ridge around the wide end, from which a subrectangular lobe projects up the centre of the plate and with the narrower portion of the object tapering to a break with incised lines along the margin. The whole can be interpreted as an anthropomorphic mask, with a nose, heavy brows, lines for a beard and faint mouth. T…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-612DC8
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman prick spur dated to the period AD 200-AD 410. The spur is comprised of a curved copper-alloy plate which is rectangular in plan and triangular is cross section one end of which has been expanded to create a flat circular terminal disc (14.52mm diameter) within which is a centrally placed hole (2.5mm diameter). The other terminal is expanded out to create a second raised trapezoidal terminal from which a spike extends vertically. The terminal which holds the spike would originally have had a cruciform form with three short arms but there …
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0C2A2E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy anthropomorphic artefact of probable Early Medieval date, AD 400 - 600. It is a sub-triangular shape in plan with a straight (but broken) top, parallel upper sides, and lower sides that taper inwards to a rounded end. The front is moulded into a human face with a plain forehead, bulbous eyes in rounded concave areas, an angular projecting nose, and curved lines running from the base of the nose up around the eye sockets. An oval dimple in the pointed end may be intended as a mouth, or may be damage. The face is convex and three dimensional. The reverse is …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-B84AEC
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Stirrup Strap Mount of Early Medieval date (AD 1000-1100). Williams Class A, Type 8. The object is sub-triangular in plan and is in the form of an animal-head. It is composed of a narrowed upper terminal which expands toward an expanded flat lower edge with two outer projections. The lower projections and upper terminal are zoomorphic, in the form of an animal heads. Between the two projections are two circular perforations, the right hand of which retains iron corrosion within. At the back of the flattened edge is a right-angled flange. The upper surface h…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-D5C52C
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy stirrup strap mount of late Early-Medieval date, c.AD 1000 - 1100. Williams' Class A, Type 8. The mount is sub-triangular with a short projecting rim extending to the reverse of the lower edge. The upper surface is decorated with a moulded design featuring an indistinct large zoomorphic head terminal at the apex with smaller projecting heads to either side of the base. Two rivet holes are present at flat end of the mount with one further rivet hole centrally toward the apex. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a dark brown/black pati…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-8685B6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal dating to the early medieval period (c.AD 1000-1100). The object consists of a solid sub-triangular foot from which protrudes an elongated semi-cylindrical socket that is C-shaped in section. The socket has a moulded zoomorphic decoration that consists of raised bulbous eyes at the top of the head that look down on snub-nosed socketed. The tip of the nose is defined by an insided line at the tip and the eyes are emphasised by an incised line that encircles the eyes and joins together to travel over the head to the sub-trianular foot.…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darnhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7269E7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian four-way harness link or strap distributor dating to the Early Medeival period (c. AD 1000-1150). The object is cross-shaped with four equal arms emanating from a domed central circular boss. The arms have D-shaped cross-sections.Two arms are complete and terminate in an expanded lozenge-shaped loop formed around an oval aperture. The lozenge form teminates on three sides with a rounded knop. The other two arms have old breaks, with one completly missing the arm and the other only mssing one side of …
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F29971
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) stirrup terminal. The object is an elongated, tubular shape, C-shaped in cross-section with an open concave reverse and zoomorphic moulding on the outer face and sides. The centre of the lower end of the outer face projects downwards culminating in a rounded point representing the snout of an animal. Above this the outer face is decorated with a moulded 'eye' to eithe side, each consisting of a sub-oval loop with a pellet pupil in the centre and behind each eye a moulded 'ear' projects. The holl…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawkedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E10421
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal of early medieval to medieval date (c. 1000-1100). Description: The object is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in profile with one flat side and one curved side allowing for a dished, hollow centre. This has a perforation in its base which continues through to the bottom. The flat side is abraded and the recess appears to contain iron corrosion product. The terminal has two pointed lobes that point down and there is an indication of further detailing in the form of four ridges. The metal has corroded to a red-brow…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-D28366
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval to Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) stirrup mount dating to circa AD 1000-1100. It is sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. It has a narrowed, now broken terminal. The terminal is zoomorphic, representing the snout of a beast. The loop has broken away. On the front face is now heavily worn but there is moulded decoration probably representing a pair of snake-like beasts. The lower edge contains two opposed perforations. There is no decoration on the reverse. The piece is consistent with Williams 1997 Class A, Type 6 with a similar example d…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-D211F3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded and incomplete cast copper alloy flat lozenge-shaped object, possibly a mount. The plate has openwork decoration in the form of four holes, two being sub rounded with the flanking two being sub triangular. One end of the plate has a pointed terminal, the other has a broken flange with traces of rusted iron. There are no other fittings. Possibly an Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup strap mount of c.11th century date, cf. Williams Class A type 12.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-943967
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval to Medieval stirrup terminal dating to circa AD 1000-1100. Rectangular in plan and L-shaped in section, it has a socket at the reverse. T. The front face has moulded zoomorphic decoration. At the bottom edge are two nostrils comprised of opposed rounded knops . Above this a median bulbous protrusion. Above this is a moulded V-shape probably representing the ears.  A similar example is depicted in Williams 1997 fig 2a. It is consistent with Anglo-Scandinavian examples dated to the 11th century AD.  Class: Terminal
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Monk Soham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-541C73
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late early-medieval copper alloy stirrup terminal with a front trefoil finial. The front and sides are decorated at the top with two transverse grooves, the space between which curves outwards. The plate projects straight downwards to the centre of the plate and has no visible decoration. Here, the edges of the plate form a C-shaped curve on either side towards the trefoil, creating a projecting knob in the centre of the plate. The lateral foils are curved, the right being more convex than the left, and the central foil is sub-circular. The object has an uneven surface patin…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-3F3345
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Williams Type 2b (c. 1000 - 1100), 35.3mm in length. The terminal is triangular and moulded into a zoomorphic head, with prominent snout, eyes and flaring tendrils which flow up the front and sides to a rounded lobed projection from the top of the head which has two pointed ears. The top portion of the object tapers to 7mm in width and ends in a break. The reverse is hollow.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.