Find Spot record 355/0/2 - Medieval Finds from Marbury

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-919645 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Cast copper alloy Early Medieval stirrup mount dating to the eleventh century. This is a Williams Class B, Type 2 Group 1 stirrup mount (see 2). The mount is roughly triangular in plan with rounded ends. The top end has a circular perforation. It has a central head with a flanking beast on either side in an openwork design. The central head is in relief and ears and nostrils can be made out even though the mount is quite worn. There are diagonal lines on the flanking beasts bodies. It is not complete, one of the sides has broken (in the middle of the beasts body). At the base there are two small circular perforations which would have been used for attachment to the stirrup. There is some iron corrosion on the lower part of the stirrup mount. The mount has a brown patina with some patches of green and orange (from the iron).

<2> Williams D, 1997, Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue (Monograph). SCH8900.

<3> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-515F35 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

A silver penny of Henry III, c.1242-1247, minted in London. Obverse description: Front facing bust with a beard. The crown band is made up of 5 pellets. Holding a sceptre in right hand which cuts through the legend. Obverse inscription: [HENRI]CVS REX Reverse description: Short cross pommee with a quatrefoil in each quarter.

<4> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-7CFB84 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

A copper alloy mount cast in the form of an acorn. The mount is quite worn all over and corrosion has removed some of the original surface. The mount is convex with two (broken) lugs on the reverse for attachment. The upper and lower halves are divided by a raised median line. The lower part of the acorn has a cross-hatched pattern and a small stalk at the base. There is a small rounded protrusion at the top of the acorn. Similar examples can be seen in Read's book (see 5).

<5> Read, B, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity: A Catalogue of Small Finds from Specific Areas of the United Kingdom, p.37, no.332 (Book). SCH7816.

<6> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-919645, LVPL-515F35 & LVPL-7CFB84 (Web Site). SCH5176.

<7> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 21/09/2020 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Suspect that the grid references have been derived from the village centre as the precise location is unknown.