Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35299 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon stirrup terminal |
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Summary
An 11th century stirrup terminal with a stylised animal head found during metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 46 11 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41SE |
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| Parish: | MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January to February 2000. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon incomplete copper alloy stirrup terminal. Most of the U-section tube which woule have attached it to the corner of the iron stirrup is missing (old breaks) and inside the remaining part is a hard concretion of soil. The lower end of the tube is extended into a long stylised animal head and neck, which curves round and is attached back onto the tube at open jaws. There is a small projection at the outermost part of the curved neck, which may represent an ear or a lappet. 11th century.
POL. PHOT.
Identified by H.M. Geake (A&E).
K. Hinds (NLA), 8 March 2000.
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: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| --- | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
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