Record ID: NLM-4C3531
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy early medieval harness fitting - probably a bit link. The fitting consists of two rings, one oval and the other originally round but now worn. These are linked by a D-sectioned bar, on one end of which is hollow hemispherical boss (thickness 8.5mm). The length is 47.9mm, the width is 16.6, the thickness is 5.0 and the weight is 15.34g.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 26th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM2874
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of an unknown object. Rob Webley kindly comments: 'Could this be a cheekpiece of Williams Type 2?', which suggestion is gratefully accepted by this reporter
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 1999
Last updated: Friday 30th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST LINDSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM2932
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy cheek piece from a three link bridle, originally consisting of a 70mm diameter oval sectioned (6. x 3mm) ring integrated into which is an tear-shaped loop. This has a circular section and shows no sign of wear. The points where the ring meets the loop are marked by lipped mouldings and there are curving incised lines on the face of the ring. The loop projects into the ring and the space between it and the rings inner sides contain comma shaped plates through which are rounded and triangular openings. Surviving width 67mm, Mass 38.94g
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 1999
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE SELBY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5651
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of some sort of harness fitting, probably a bit link. Viking.
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE ASWARBY AND SWARBY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1D73C4
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age bridle bit. The object has a cylindrical shank, which is sub-oval in section. The shank swells slightly midway down and is of an uneven thickness. The shank is decorated with transverse ribs, some of which are very worn. One terminal of the shank is broken and is covered in iron corrosion. The corrosion around the terminal may suggest that the object has an iron core. The opposite terminal has an integral U-shaped attachment, which is also incomplete. The sides are attachment are of an uneven thickness and may have formed part of a complete loop. The outer sides are decora…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2005
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-BB5F70
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Cheek Piece. Incomplete section of the Cheek Piece of a harness. Measures 29.3mm high, 28.4mm wide, 3.5mm thick, weighing 9.03g. Ringerike style, 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-489F51
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Frament of a bit link (probably). Dimensions: height 45.9mm, width 20.3mm, thickness 8.2mm, weight 12.91g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-45D911
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron bridle fitting. Cast round section rod with a flattened sphere at either end and an expanded collared centre section through which passed an iron object which has left extensive corrosion traces on either side. The ends have been pulled in the same direction, possibly the result of forces exerted during the use of the object, which was presumably lost or discarded together with its iron component. If the interpretation offered is accepted, the terminals may have prevented straps looped around the ends of the bar from slipping off. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1…
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BA397E
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron gilded harness boss. Concavo-convex circular copper alloy cast boss in Neo-Classical style. The display face comprises the face of a youth with curling locks of hair possibly supplemented by ram's horns, framing a face with pouting lips, a prominent rounded chin and cheeks and strongly defined eyes, all within a wreath, which is itself surrounded by a garland of vegetal swags and round flowers, with seven probably acorn shaped knops projecting beyond it, with less well defined knops between them. Gilding traces appear occasionally across the display face. The fac…
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B85BD2
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle cheekpiece, as kindly identified by Rob Webley, citing BH-879007 as a parallel, and correcting an initial identification by this reporter of the object as a stirrup mount. Cast openwork plate with curvilinear elements of indeterminate interlaced creatures or tendrils. The flat back retains rust stains and and a white deposit, the two materials probably being unrelated though the former is often found on stirrup mounts. The reddish tint of the metal is also characteristic of Anglo-Scandinavian material. . Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100. Length: 38.6…
Created on: Friday 30th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0DAEC3
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible bridle bit fragment. Cast pair of loops joined by a solid cast conical element. The larger loop is quadrangular with a wider straight end, and the smaller was circular; of the latter only part remains. A hemispherical object projects from within the triangular loop, and it appears possible this was separately made and may have been adjustable. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1850. Length: 58mm, Width: 37.1mm, Thickness: 15.0mm, Weight: 46.08gms.
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-372891
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron early-medieval bridle fitting: a cheekpiece. Curving plate with a rectangular loop at the top and a possibly openwork arrangement of ten apertures, mostly sub-circular. Extensive ferrous corrosion suggests this was attached to an iron object. Degraded moulded decoration comprises possibly zoomorphic terminals at the ends of the plate, apparently with long tongues projecting from the gaping jaws of beasts; vertical groups of ribs, and a possibly devolved beast head or mask ornament below the loop. David Williams here kindly identifies a projecting animal head (a l…
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7CA37B
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy curb bit cheekpiece fragment, as kindly identified by Walter (Jo) Ahmet. Walter comments as follows: 'This is a Victorian bit fragment is it not?'. A substantially cast sub-rectangular-section bar with rounded edges, with a U-shaped slot at the top [as illustrated], possibly a suspension loop, and constricted to achieve a round section at its other end, perhaps to engage with a socketed element of different material. The latter part is lightly indented on one side and similarly slightly expanded at the same point on its other side. A single curving integrally cast round-s…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alkborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-250D75
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle bit link, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast D-section bar with a rhomboid loop at one end, a rounded oval loop at the other, and a bulbous collar immediately adjacent to the latter. The rhomboid loop has flattened D-shaped knops at its angles, while the oval loop is markedly thinned by internal wear. The back of the casting is lightly hollowed behind the bulbous collar, possibly indicating that this object was cast in an open mould. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1000-1100. Length: 59.8mm, Width: 23.5mm, Thickness: 9.1mm, Weight: 23.41 g
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0CBB94
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness boss. Cast concavo-convex openwork boss depicting a fleur de lis within a flat rim or border of possibly floral curlicues; similar motifs decorate the surface of the fleur. A single lug projecting from the rim appears to be the sole remainder of several such elements. Suggested date: Probably Post-Medieval, 1750-1850. Diameter (clear of lug): 44.2mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Height (projection of boss): 11.2mm, Weight: 23.41gms.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4DD2C8
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bridle fitting. Cast trapezoid loop with sharp angles at its two remaining corners, open where both sides are broken. The display face is bevelled or facetted. This may come from the outer edge of a bridle bit cheek piece. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500. Length: 19.4mm, Width: 24.1mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 5.67gms.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4CB914
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting fragment, as kindly identidfied by Rob Webley, who notes: 'This looks like the terminal from a plate of a bridle cheekpiece of the same period (C11th)'. A cast plate with rounded protrusions from its edges, apparently representing the head of a beast combining attributes of horse and dragon. Three protruberances mark the jaws or snout, with four more depicting the head from its brow to a crest or ears. Well clear of the border, a closely spaced but crudely executed series of punched dots, each of diameter c.1mm, follows the outline, with spurs of three o…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-CDCAD2
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bridle cheekpiece. Cast oval loop springing from a slightly expanded stem with lightly facetted sides from which project two short opposed arms, similarly angled away from the loop, and each broken at its end. An S shaped link of drawn and hammered wire is threaded through one of the loops. The base of the stem is stepped, and apparently broken across a narrower round section continuation. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850. Length: 66.8mm, Width: 49.4mm, Thickness: 9.7mm, Weight: 56.71gms
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-3D34D2
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable bridle link fragment. Cast loop of internal diameter 12mm with heavy trifid collared moulding, which meets an integrally cast moulded terminal. The terminal is probably broken from the further extent of a round section bar of diameter 11mm, with a scar showing where the terminal became detached. A less extensive patch of corrosion on the opposite side of the loop is less easy to interpret, and may represent a casting sprue The slight curvature of the main loop indicates it to have engaged a ring; the lower edge of the loop is heavily worn on both sides. Suggested…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-564ACB
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bridle bit fitting. Cast tube with a chamfered aperture at one end, rounded at the other with opposed flat sides and a possible ball from a ball and socket joint with an indented terminal. The aperture within the ball is square, probably suggesting that a wrought iron bar passed through the copper alloy tube. Rust stains within the tube may suggest that the object was deposited together with this putative internal iron component [now lost to corrosion]. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700 Length: 43.9mm, Diameter (tube): 14.6mm, Thickness (tube wall): 1…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stokeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AE6D92
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable bridle fitting, as kindly identified by Peter Reavill. Peter comments: '... whilst looking for something else - saw this and thought ...might this not be part of a very late post med bridle bit, similar to: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/818638 [and] https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/456681' Cast loop. An oval loop with internal basal cleft meets part of a wider open loop whose ends are now broken, and also has the broken stub of a broader continuation enclosed by the larger putative loop. All elements are of a flat-sided o…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-49A151
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting fragment, as kindly identified by Rob Webley, who corrects an initial identification and comments: 'Not sure I've seen a purse bar that works like this. I suspect it is a cheekpiece from a medieval bridle bit: https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/cheekpieces/#Medievalnbspcheekpieces'. A robust fragment comprising a sub-rectangular section bar with a collared terminal knop of diameter 11.4mm, and an integrally cast loop of which about one third remains. The loop springs from an integrally cast block which is incised with …
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4490
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large ornate horse boss, openwork and hemispherical. Recent.
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2000
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE BELTON AND MANTHORPE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F545F7
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post medieval cast copper alloy harness boss mount. The circular openwork boss has a flat border around the edge with two circular attachment holes. The border is decorated with a floral design and has knops all around the edge of the mount. The central part of the mount is convex at the front and hollow behind and has a central fleur-de-lis with openwork around it. The diameter of the mount is 59.5mm, the thickness is 14.0mm and the weight is 44.48g.
Created on: Friday 10th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
No spatial data available.