Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5520 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon metal find (King's Lynn, poorly located) |
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Summary
A 10th century iron stirrup with brass inlay was found in 1904.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Iron stirrup with brass inlay. 10th century. In KLM.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
No locality given in accession book.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
This may be the stirrup from King's Lynn that is listed in both (S1) and (S2) as being held by the King's Lynn Museum and found at Reffley Spring. Reffley Spring lies to the west of Reffley Wood, at TF 6491 2196.
It should be noted that this object could not be identified in the museum's current records.
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 November 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 999 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SW 46. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. King's Lynn. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Wilson, D.M. 1964. Anglo-Saxon ornamental metalwork, 700-1100, in the British Museum. Vol III. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Seaby, W. and Woodfield, P. 1980. Viking stirrups from England and their background. Medieval Archaeology. Vol 24 pp 87-122. pp 96, 112. |
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