Browse Items (4 total)

  • Tags: Spurs

DSC02670 (1280x960).jpg
Pair of silvered spurs from Fishamble Street. Spurs were probably introduced to Ireland by the Vikings, and the examples from Dublin are the earliest surviving spurs from the country. E190:2156

DSC01518.JPG
Spur, tinned iron. Anglo-Scandinavian, 900-1150. York, Yorkshire. AN 1961.423

DSCF0228.JPG
An iron stirrup and a silvered spur. The museum information board notes that the Vikings probably introduced spurs and stirrups to Ireland, and that this pair are among the earliest known from Ireland.
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-json, omeka-xml, rss2