Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25403 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Matching pair of Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts |
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Summary
Metal-detecting in 1989 recovered a matching pair of Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts, decorated in a zoomorphic style and probably dating to the 10th to 11th centuries. Late Saxon and post-medieval pottery sherds have also been recovered from this area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 07 08 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG00NE |
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| Parish: | RUNHALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Church Field.
1989. Found with metal detector. [1]
Small find One: Late Saxon box mount, zoomorphic, 10-11th century, (S1)
Two large bellarmine sherds and 1 glazed red earthenware sherd
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 9 August 1989
Sepember to October 1989
Small find Two: Late Saxon box mount, (S2), pair to that previously found and located within yards of the same.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 19 October 1989
Box mounts re-idenitifed as stirrup-strap mounts, see (S3) and (S4).
A. Cattermole (HES), 10 February 2011.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: FHX32-5. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Penn, K. 1989. Drawing of a Late Saxon box mount.. Film. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Penn, K.. 1989. Drawing of a Late Saxon box mount.. Film. 2:1. |
| <S3> | 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. |
| <S4> | Publication: Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. Nos 457 and 458; p 98. |
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