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Description: | A copper-alloy stirrup terminal, the tube is now worn, it is 25mm in length and appears to have been closed at the lower end and open at the top and back. The tube would have fitted around the iron stirrup. The lower end of the tube has a D-shaped projection on the front, 20mm in length and 15mm in width, it has a central circular perforation measuring 7mm in diameter and on the lower outer corner there is a double projection. Grooves are present, two just before the double projection, one on either face of the terminal curving round the central perforation and two longditudinal grooves on either face parallel with the tube which begin after the central perforation. This is a version of the type of stirrup terminal shown in Williams 1997 (FRG Datasheet 24) fig 3, the intended decorative scheme is a crested animal head curled around the perforation to face back up the stirrup. On this example the double crest and curving decoration are clearly recognisable. It is late Anglo-Saxon, 11th century in date. A similar terminal, although more worn has also been discovered from Buxhall, Suffolk.
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