Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30336 |
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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 1993 recovered a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Images - none
Location
Full description
November 1993. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon Ringerike style box mount. Flange round three sides and broken on fourth. Rectangular, with projecting triangle on fourth side. Decorated with a pair of animal heads and a pair of spiral leaf lobes.
Identified by S.Margeson (NCM). (S1) in file.
J.Davies (NCM) 4 January 1994.
This object is re-identified as a Late Saxon strirrup-strap mount in (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2018.
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
| --- | Correspondence: Williams, D. 1995. Correspondence between D. Williams and S. Margeson regarding Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. 10, 22 and 31 August. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| <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 485; p 100-101; Fig 62. |
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