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Description: | Cast copper alloy stirrup fragment dating from the late medieval or early post-medieval period, that is the 15th-16th century. The top part of the stirrup survives, including the cover plate and the rectangular bar at the rear of the box. There are remains of the side bars which are oval-sectioned. They are set diagonally to the box at the top and would have terminated in a large, wide foot rest. The lower part of the stirrup, i.e. the foot rest, is missing. The front of the box is decorated with a simple pattern made of up horizontal mouldings.Compare with a larger example with three keyhole-shaped apertures from Bradenham, Norfolk (HER 56108), see Rogerson, A., and Ashley, S., 2012, 'A Selection of Finds from Norfolk Recorded in 2012 and Earlier' Norfolk Archaeology 46, 419-20, fig.10, no.62 and another from Rendlesham, Suffolk (LPVL-51B315), other related forms of stirrup with a shell-shaped box have been found in Norwich Cathedral refectory (J. Clark in H. Wallis (2006) EAA 116, p.50, fig. 33 no. 492) and Keswick, Norfolk (NMS-18F7F6). Early 16th century. NMS-CC4677 This object is trapezoidal in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section when viewed from the side and above.Similar stirrups, in both copper-alloy and iron, have been found in excavations in London. Clark suggests a 14th century date for the group (Clark 1995: 71, ref: MoL 02587). A similar example can be seen in Read 1988: 90-91, ref: 547.Similar stirrup cover plates have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BH-F20806; BH-F31D90; BH-F34246; BH-F369D7; HAMP-25AC63; HAMP-46A675; IOW-9EB283; LIN-F346F6; LVPL-316327; LVPL-0A4736; LVPL-51B315; SUR-28A6A1; SUSS-A4D454; WAW-CFB2A4; WMID-B14747, WILT-816DA6 and IOW-EE9472
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