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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy bridle fitting cheekpiece. It is 41mm in length and 23mm in width, one terminal and a central boss survive, the rest of the cheekpiece is missing due to an old break. The terminal is lozenge shaped with rounded knops on three corners, it has a large oval shaped perforation, 14mm by 10mm in size. Beyond this complete terminal there is a central rounded boss. The front face of this cheekpiece is rounded and the back face flat. It is late early medieval, c1000-1100, in date and similar cheekpieces are known from Westerfield, Claydon and Rattlesden, Suffolk. | Subjects: | cheekpiece | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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