Record Details

NHER Number:31643
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount (Thorpe St Andrew, poorly located)

Summary

A Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount was recovered in or before 1995. This find was recovered from Thorpe St Andrew parish but there is no precise discovery or locational information available.

Images

  • A Late Saxon stirrup strap mount from Thorpe St Andrew.  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Parish:THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

The find detailed below was recovered from Thorpe St Andrew parish but there is no precise discovery or locational information available.

Before 12 January 1995. Stray find?
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Information taken from (S1).
Also see Illustration (S2), Correspondence (S3) and Monograph (S4).
J. Allen (NLA), 22 July 2005. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 13 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

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: NHER accessions book.
<S2>Illustration: Williams, D. 1995. Drawing of a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount. Find Illustration. Paper. 2:1.
<S3>Correspondence: Margeson, S. and Williams, D. 1994-1995. Correspondence between D. Williams and S. Margeson regarding stirrup-strap mounts. 19 December 1994-12 january 1995. Letter dated 12 January 1995.
<S4>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 72, pp 37 and 39, Fig 25.

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