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BRIDLE BIT
Unique ID: LEIC-76BB11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy strap fitting, 49mm long and 22mm wide. It is in fair condition with a reddish patina and weighs 23.62grams. The object is formed of a short shaft with a different loop at each end, one loop is oval in form and circular in section and joins to a shaft about 12mm wide and 10mm long which has a rounded bulge on its upper side. At this central point, The shaft narrows and becomes rectangular in section and is roughly 8mm long and wide. The final loop has triangular protrusions on its three sides and is also rounded on its upper side.
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 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 22 mm
Weight: 23.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 15th September 2005
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Burton and Dalby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7415
Four figure Latitude: 52.727591
Four figure longitude: -0.905676
1:25K map: SK7415
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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