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Description: | Medieval iron stirrup. It is complete, and covered in relatively compact corrosion so that the edges of the artefact have retained their shape. It measures 140mmlong 38mm wide and 161mm high and weighs 233.58g.At the top of the stirrup is a rectangular plate (56x33mm) masking the attachment loop. It may have been decorated and the bottom edge has two evenly spaced indentations suggesting a scalloped edge, but the corrosion means this is difficult to confirm. The plate is held by two arms, one either side, projecting from the main body of the stirrup. These create a space between the stirrup body and plate 43x7mm where the leather strap would have attached. The top two thirds of the stirrup sides are rectangular in cross section, gradually becoming wider (9 to 11mm) towards a shoulder. Here the sides become much wider (27mm and concave in cross section). One side is straight and the other bent, so that the stirrup is asymmetrical. During the 14th century asymmetrical stirrups were typical (Ward Perkins 1940), but it is thought that in this case the bend is damage as the rectangular plate is now not horizontal. The sides curve into the foot-rest which is narrowest near the sides (26mm) and widest at its centre (38mm). It has a downward pointing tongue on the same face as the plate. This is 74x10mm and has 3 evenly spaced indentations on its lower edge like the plate, again suggesting a scaloped edge. The stirrup is probably 15th century when such tongues became popular (Ward Perkins 1940, pg 89).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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