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BRIDLE BIT
Unique ID: SF-4CD1A0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon bit-link. One terminal is now incomplete due to old breaks. The complete terminal is an oval shaped loop, there is then a rounded boss and a rectangular shaft with a D-shaped section, the fragments of the incomplete terminal perhaps imply that it was also oval in shape. It measures 45.71mm in surviving length, the surviving terminal is 21.76mm in width and the shaft is 8.14mm in width. Other similar bit links are known from elsewhere for example Brockham, Surrey (Williams, 2007, unpublished).
Class: bit link
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.71 mm
Width: 21.76 mm
Weight: 18.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Waldringfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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