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BRIDLE BIT

Unique ID: NMS-79FD66

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Late Saxon copper alloy fragment of harness cheek-piece, broken sheet (3mm thick), worn and corroded, surviving edge concave between two oblique angles, remains of engraved Ringerike-style decoration. Late 10th - early 11th century. Cf. Broadly similar examples in Pederson 1997-8 'Bidselbesag fra Bøgeskov Strand' KUML (Denmark), figs.2 and 3, nos.1 and 2.

Class: cheekpiece
Sub class: Williams Type 1

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 950
Date to: Circa AD 1050

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 19th May 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Bawburgh

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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