Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24141 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount |
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Summary
Metal-detecting in 1987 recovered a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount decorated with a human face.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 66 16 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NE |
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| Parish: | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1987. Metal detecting. Grid reference provided by finder - not marked by him on map.
Late Saxon copper alloy box mount decorated with human face, see Illustration (S1) and Article (S2).
This find was reidentified as a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount by D. Williams in 1997, see Monograph (S3).
A. Rogerson (NAU) 17 November 1987. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 5 August 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Margeson, S. 1980-1996. S. Margeson's personal notes on individual finds. Find Description Notes. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: EWE 13-20. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1987. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy box mount.. Film. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Ashley, S., Penn, K. and Rogerson, A. 1991. A Further Group of Late Saxon Mounts from Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt II pp 225-229. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. A classification and catalogue. A contribution to the study of Late Saxon ornamental metalwork.. CBA Research Report. No. 111. No 461; p 98. |
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