Record ID: NMS-2730FA
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams 1997 Class A, Type 1 with the apex loop missing (ancient break). There are two iron rivets in the lower fixing holes above the flange and remains of the iron fitting on the reverse. The front is engraved with a stylised zoomorphic arrangement that is very close to those of ibid. cat. nos. 58-60. All were probably from the same East Anglian source (ibid. 26). The engraving is inlaid with material, probably niello, that has mostly been lost. What survives is dull greenish brown. Extant height 41.3mm. Width 30.1mm. Weigh…
Created on: Saturday 28th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5675FA
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and abraded Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount with the apex missing. There is no basal flange. Traces of rust lie behind one of the two lower fixing holes. Inlaid off-white material, presumably niello, stands proud of the surface. A crude whiskered animal mask within a frame is depicted. From the basal corners the sides slope inwards to rounded lobes (one larger than the other). The top comprises two concavities flanking a broken stump. The form is slightly reminiscent of William 1997 Class A, Type 5 and of a Class C, Group 2 mount from Buxton-with-Lammas, Norfolk…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: BH-148B66
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy stirrup strap mount dating to the eleventh century AD. The fragment comprises a portion of the now trapezoidal plate which extends at one end to a tri-lobed projection with circular perforation. The other end is broken. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with an incised pattern filled with niello. It is not possible to discern the nature of the pattern. The underside of the plate is plain. The fragment measures 29mm in length, a maximum of 23mm in width and 3mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Record ID: NMS-7A3643
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount. There is no flange. Perforation at the apex the upper edge of which is scalloped. The face is decorated with a ribbon-like beast, perhaps a dragon, inlaid with niello which now stands proud of the decayed surface. There are two copper alloy rivets at the base which secure a corroded iron bar to the reverse of the mount. Width 36mm. Height 42.5mm. Unclassified in Williams 1997, very close to ibid. no. 497. 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th July 2015
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-BCE6D8
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, Williams Class A, Type 1. Sub-triangular or pentagonal, the base broken across a single rivet-hole, rounded knops on the surviving side, upper part missing, broken across an offset possible secondary perforation, part of break at upper edge is recent. Worn and corroded remains of engraved decoration contains niello and depicts two addorsed beasts. Extant height 36.5mm. Extant width 32.5mm. 2mm thick. Weighs 10.64g. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 1st April 2015
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2015
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Record ID: NMS-B95517
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams' Class C, Group 1 (1997, 100). Sub-triangular, the lower side edges are straight, with three lobes decreasing in size towards the apex on each upper edge and a straight base. It is broken across the apex loop and one corner is missing, broken across one of the fixing holes. There is an additional piercing below the apex loop, and a small hole has been added next to the lower broken edge to allow the mount to be secured after it was damaged. There is no trace of a flange along the base, but one worn and angled side lug survives.…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bressingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6C7F45
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, trapezoidal, upward-sloping sides and scalloped upper edge, 3mm. thick, no flange, engraved geometric decoration inlaid with niello including cross and mask-like elements, pierced by three rivet-holes, lower two holes sub-rectangular, 36 x 47mm. Williams' unclassified, same form as nos.497-498, although decoration very different from ribbon-like beast on the illustrated examples. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Runcton', grid reference and parish protected.