Viking Objects
Stirrup (LCNCC : 1906.9663)
A large iron stirrup of Viking type with a long slender looped form, rectangular terminal, and a flat footrest. It was found in the River Witham near Lincoln. Stirrups like this were an innovation that Scandinavian settlers introduced to Anglo-Saxon England in the eleventh century.
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Viking Objects
Zoomorphic Stirrup Terminal (LEIC-F1C6D4)
This example of an Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup terminal features a beast-like form with a projecting snout and large flared nostrils.