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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy cheekpiece from a bridle, 47mm in length. One complete terminal survives; it is circular in shape, measuring 20mm in diameter externally and 11mm in diameter internally. After the circular terminal there is an oval boss then a narrower bar, triangular in cross-section, with traces of transverse grooves on it. The object then flares into the second circular terminal which is incomplete, the broken edges are worn implying that it is an old break. The back face is flat. This cheekpiece is likely to be Anglo-Saxon and 11th century in date. It is unusual as it has circular terminals rather then the more common lozenge-shaped ones (Geake 2001, 56).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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