Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35001 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon stirrup mount |
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Summary
Metal detecting here in 1998 retrieved an unusual Late Saxon stirrup mount, which was both solid and lacking a flange. This example was also decorated with three solid relief animal heads on the front and was of Anglo-Scandinavian origin.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 22 97 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM29NW |
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| Parish: | SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August-September 1998. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon stirrup mount of Williams' Class B, Type 1. It is unusual in two respects - it is solid, not openwork and has no flange. It is rectangular, there are iron rivets at the botton corners, three solid relief animal heads on the front and wavy-edged projections on the corners (with a little imagination, these projection look like animal heads).
Three holes at the top, one in each projection and one in centre. Nearly flat in cross-section.
Anglo-Scandinavian. 11th century date.
Polaroid (S1) taken.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 18 July 1999.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
Related records - none
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