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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy horse harness fitting of Early Medieval, 11th century date. This link fitting, when complete, would have had an attachment loop at either end with a bar between with a central boss on the bar, only the bar, including central boss survive. The bar is semi-cylondrical in cross-section, the central boss is oval and hollowed on the reverse with a semi-circular lob projecting from the top and bottom of the boss. Heavily worn stubs of the attachment loops reamin at either end of the bar. These fittings are dated c.1000-1100.Reference: See Williams, D., 2007, 'Anglo-Scandinavian Horse Harness Fittings', Finds Research Group (FRG) datasheet 39.
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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