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BRIDLE BIT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-42B758
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A incomplete iron bridle bit of probable post-Medieval to modern date.
This snaffle bit comprises a circular-sectioned bar which has been bent into a loop at either end. Contained within the lower loop is a separately made iron ring.
Ringdiameter 64.47 mm Bar diameter 6.81 mm Bit length 112.75 mm.
Notes:
Found in a waterlogged environment.
Class: Snaffle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 156.42 mm
Weight: 89 g
Diameter: 11.24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th December 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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