Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25855 |
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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 1990 recovered a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 34 98 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NW |
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| Parish: | SISLAND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1990. Metal-detecting.
Late Saxon (11th century) box mount, unusually with flange decorated with transverse engraved lines. Openwork body of mount engraved with two animals, Ringerike influenced. Central 'cat-like' but big eared animal head in relief.
Photographed (S1).
This find was reidentified as a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount by D. Williams in 1997, see Monograph (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 October 1990. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 7 August 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Photograph: FTA 6-8. |
| <S2> | 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 425; pp 90-91; Fig 56. |
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