Collection Item: Stirrup

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Stirrup
Object category
Anglo-Scandinavian
Description
D shaped bow and wide loop. Description and illustration (figure 8.3) in Waterman, D. 1959, pp 74-76. Described as ' Of simple form, made from an iron bar, twisted to form a loop for the stirrup leather and hammered flat to provide a foot rest.' However, Waterman also goes on to talk about another stirrup from York,with rectangular loop (fig. 8.4) and the subsequent discussion does not make clear which he is referring to, therefore the rest of the discussion has not been included.
Production date start
866
Production date end
1066
Period
Anglo-Scandinavian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1947.644
Number of objects
1
ID
7459

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Iron (material) (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole height 9.5 cm
Whole width 8.7 cm
Foot plate depth 1.8 cm
Top depth 4.6 cm

Find spot

Method
Casual find
Place
York