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Description: | A cast copper-alloy bridle fitting or harness link of Early-Medieval date. It has a rectangular shaft that is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face. At the centre of the shaft is a dome-shaped boss with flattened front face and back face. At each end of the shaft are integral loops. These are circular in form, D-shaped in cross section, and with large central circular apertures that have evidence of use-wear at their outer edges. The entire object measures 61.44mm in length, 18.43mm in maximum width at loops, 7.27mm in width at boss, 5.59mm in maximum thickness, and 14.07g in weight.This is a double-ended bridle fitting of later Early-Medieval date. Similar examples are recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme (see for example SF-024E07, SF-7E7BF2, SF-87F116, SF-771649) and have been studied by D. Williams, who suggests their possible use as harness links and dating to the 11th century AD (see Williams, 2007).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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