Record ID: NLM1066
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Long and narrow, very dainty, with rectangular hole off centre, decorative incised lines, ending in little balls.
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 1998
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EAST LINDSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM1110
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is formed of two copper-alloy hoops joined by a short, biconcave bar. One of the hoops is incomplete, appearing to be broken. The broken hoop extends into the bar. The bar terminates in a ridge where it meets the complete hoop. Fragment of a mirror handle or possibly of a horse bit.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 1998
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH KESTEVEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4498
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cheek-piece, both ends diamond shaped.
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE SCOTTER', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM482
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of an 11th-century rein link from a bridle.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 1998
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5335
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Plain strip like cheek-piece.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE HATCLIFFE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5876
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Viking cheek-piece, open-work and incised lines.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Notts 1', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5911
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Viking cheek-piece.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2001
Last updated: Friday 6th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Notts 8', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM6155
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Viking cheek-piece, stylised animals, lines follow the outline.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE UFFINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM728
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular boss, four arms with rivet holes. Boss with incised linear decoration. Remains of Fe rivets.
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 1998
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BOSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM879
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy cheek piece from a bridle, form resembles an elongated hammer head, rectangular central part through which is a 27 x 8mm slot. Each side of the central bar the section narrows and is circular. The terminals are expanded and mushroom like. The object is undecorated. Length 91.0mm, Central section 15 x 18 x 35mm, Terminals 16.5mm diameter, Mass 83.15g. See McGregor 1976, Nos. 42, 45.
Created on: Friday 2nd October 1998
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST LINDSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6E6345
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two loops at right angles, fragment of a bit/cheekpiece. Dimensions: height 76.5mm, width 33.8mm, thickness 5.6mm, weight 29.31g.
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: NLM6455
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Raised circular centre surrounded by scroll or wave decoration that is connected to the centre by lines, with pellets in between. Evidence for an iron fitting on the back.
Created on: Wednesday 25th September 2002
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BINBROOK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-95AC24
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron possible bridle link. Cast copper alloy ring of round section with an apparent elongation on one side meeting a dumbbell shaped mass of solid ferrous corrosion of length 37mm. It is suggested these represent two adjacent pieces of horse harness. A ring of Late Iron Age date was reported together with this object. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 100BC-AD100. Diameter (ring): 25.4mm, Width (ring band): 6.9mm, Thickness: 6.4mm, Length (overall): 47.6mm, Weight: 42.54gms.
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FCA4D7
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting fragment. Cast object of plano-convex section with a rhomboid loop at one end with low knops on its external angles and a probably drilled aperture of diameter 10mm, and with a moulded stem which diminishes in its thickness towards the broken stubs of another loop. The back surface of the loop appears lightly countersunk, probably as a result of wear. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 950-1050. Length: 46.8mm, Width: 21.2mm, Thickness: 5.9mm, Weight: 12.00gms.
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2B73C6
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting, as identified by the finder. Cast D section bar with an oval loop at one end, tapering towards a hook at the other. The stubs of two fixing pins of diameter 3.9mm occur on the flat back close to the loop. Now bent, probably by stress imposed at the hooked end. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900. Length (as found): 88.3mm, Width: 31.3mm, Thickness (bar): 4.4mm, Weight: 40.07gms.
Created on: Monday 7th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-214DFB
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy and iron bridle fitting. Cast circular or wheel-shaped openwork plate, featuring a triple or triskele arrangement of loops, each bounded by a comma-shaped and a sub-triangular space, all bounded by a plain rounded rim. An iron pin passed at right angles through the centre of the plate, and its continuation is represented by a rusted stub of diameter 9.7mm which appears to have exploded an integrally cast lug, sleeve or socket projecting from one side. Incised decoration on the display side, opposite the protruding lug or collar, comprises incised lines following those of …
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9C4141
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron bridle fitting. Copper alloy tube with one expanded end of indented sub-spherical form with flat sides which resembles that of a spanner, and an internal iron bar to confer mechanical strength. The bar protrudes by 13mm from its sheath. The indented form of terminal suggests this object engaged with another at this site. The combination of iron and copper alloy is typical of later Iron Age horse-gear, but the condition, and particularly the reporting of an identical component missing its iron bar along with this object, may point to a much later date. Suggested d…
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stokeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9C5162
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting fragment. Cast cylinder with an expanded sub-spherical end with flattened sides, and with a form resembling that of a spanner. The cylinder has an internal diameter of 10.5mm at its plain end, but the aperture is constricted to achieve a square form 6.5mm by 6.5mm within the expanded end. The discovery of this piece has suggested a later date for NLM-9C4141 than might have been entertained in its absence; the two elements probably deriving from the same assembled object. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800 Length: 44.4mm, Width: 20.5mm, Thickness:…
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stokeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-611372
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron probable bridle fitting or cheek piece. Cast copper alloy terminal sheathing a corroded iron object. A ball terminal is separated from a round shank by two deep grooves. Below these, the copper alloy sheath is indented or split; its further extent is masked by ferrous corrosion. The object has a vaguely phallic appearance, possibly the fortuitous result of its partial survival. The sheathing of iron horse gear with copper alloy, for both decoration and to retard corrosion of the iron elements, is known from later Iron Age contexts and continued into the Roman per…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E39AE2
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron possible bridle fitting. Tubular object of copper alloy sheet of thickness 0.6mm with a butted seam, a flat closed end and a flared open end, which is torn. Three circumferential grooves are set towards the flat closed end. Rust suggests the copper alloy sheet sheaths an iron object whose corrosion has begun to explode the object. Suggested date: Medieval, 1100-1350. Length: 57.4mm, Diameter (at mid point): 8.6mm, Weight: 14.07gms.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-551C80
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Bridle Boss fragment. Cast concavo-convex plate featuring a central hemispherical boss with apical knop or nipple and a circumferential border. The larger part of the central boss and about a fifth of the plate remain; the edge of a fixing hole of diameter circa 5mm occurs at one torn edge. It is uncertain whether the plate was originally gently curved, or whether a flat disc has been distorted by rough handling. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600. Diameter (estimated): 60mm, Height: circa 20mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 16.87gms.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashby cum Fenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-755409
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron probable bridle fitting. A massy tubular copper alloy bar of round section and diameter 11.8mm with a pair of symmetrically disposed expanded flanges which pass all around it, both set c.16mm from its ends. The ends of the copper alloy tube are bevelled or worn to rounded form. Ferrous corrosion and the mass of the object both suggest there is an internal iron rod or stiffener of diameter 8.5mm, which has yet to cause any damage to its external sheathing through its expansion as it rusts. The combination of metals for decorative and functional reasons is typical …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C0E418
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with light green patina, Anglo-Scandinavian harness fitting, Viking. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000 Height: 28.8mm, Width: 41.6mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 9.37gms
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-D85362
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting. Small Viking cheek piece, corroded. Plain. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 54.5mm, Width: 19mm, Thickness: 7.1mm, Weight: 7.01gms
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-B0CE6B
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Reddish-green copper alloy bridle fitting fragment. Fragment of a Viking harness fitting, possibly a cheek piece. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1100 Length: 46mm, Width: 20.4mm, Thickness: 8mm, Weight: 12.91gms
Created on: Friday 9th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-03816E
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown copper alloy bridle fitting. Viking cheek piece. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 68.2mm, Width: 20.6mm, Thickness: 7.2mm, Weight: 22.35gms
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-6C5F29
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting; the finder kindly suggests usage connected with horse gear. Cast oval loop of lentoid section with a bulbous block within one end of the loop from which project the horns of a ?[now] open smaller loop set at right angles to the other. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1850 Length: 75.3mm, Width: 31.8mm, Thickness (larger loop): 3.7mm, Weight: 39.71gm
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8C4BED
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bridle fitting. Cast ring of rounded section with an integrally cast projection of oval section which projects at an angle from the side of the ring, now broken, and possibly leading towards a second loop. The ring is thinned by internal wear approximately opposite the lug. The metal has a reddish tint often associated with metalwork of the Anglo-Scandinavian period. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100. Diameter: 27.8mm, Length (as found): 31.3mm, Band Width: 3.3mm, Band Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 7.16gms
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-DB83E4
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown copper alloy bridle fitting. Fragment of a Viking cheek piece. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Length: 29.2mm, Width: 24.3mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 6.31gms
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C0BDFA
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle cheek-piece fragment. Cast trapezoid loop with rounded central aperture and a knop on each of its three outer angles, and with a D-section shaft which expands slightly towards its broken end. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000. Length: 32.2mm, Width: 23.7mm, Thickness: 5.2mm, Weight: 7.55gms.
Created on: Friday 18th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-966FEC
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bridle fitting fragment. Cast plate with projecting integrally cast loop of 11mm diameter and with curved outer edges; a drilled hole at a trefoil end is probably a fixing point; broken at the other end. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Length: 32.5mm, Width: 27.7mm, Thickness (at loop): 3.2mm, Weight: 6.88gms
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Faldingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-38721A
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle boss, as kindly identified by Simon Maslin, who comments: 'This is a late medieval to early post med bridle boss. See here for an example: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1012092; These are detailed in FRG Datasheet 54'. Cast circular plate with a broad [diameter 25mm] protruding [by c.12mm] central boss surrounded by a plain field. Three decorative rivets pass through the brooch: two at opposed sites towards its outer edge, and one through the top of the boss. Each rivet has a sub-spherical head of diameter 5mm and a strip shank of w…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thoresway', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D223DE
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy chain fragment; Tom Redmayne kindly comments: '...I would say this is a fragment of a curb chain from heavy horse harness. I have had several examples, some still attached to other parts of the head collar/bit..'. A series of seven oval drawn wire links, each of length 9.5mm and thickness 1.8mm and each twisted with a butted and brazed join and passed through its identical neighbour. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900 Length: 46mm, Width: 8mm
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-401BB5
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting fragment, red-purple tint, corroded. Large fragment of a viking cheek piece, corroded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1050 Length: 71.4mm, Width: 26.6mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 25.63gms
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B5CEDB
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bridle fitting fragment. Fishtail-shaped fragment with incised line decoration. Looks a little like the fragment of a Viking cheek piece. Very uncertain. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 850-1100 Height: 35.2mm, Width: 17.1mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 5.98gms
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-3C766C
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting fragment. Fragment of a typical Viking cheek piece, corroded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1100 Length: 60.5mm, Width: 11.2mm, Thickness: 10mm, Weight: 15.88gms
Created on: Friday 28th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-97F082
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron bridle bit cheekpiece, probably a pair with NLM-977F74. The rusted relict of an iron ring retaining an external sheathing which had entirely enclosed the iron but which has been partly concealed by its explosive corrosion. A globular or pear-shaped copper alloy bulb 30mm long which appears to have been integrally cast with the sheathed band probably concealed further iron and now has an open end of diameter 7.7mm with very corroded iron within. The pear-shaped housing is now set at an angle to the rest of the band. These objects are familiar from the ‘chario…
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-982C97
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. Cast one-piece T-shaped moulded fitting comprising a ring of three annular components with a longitudinal aperture of diameter 12.7mm, differentially heavily worn at one side of one end, and with an integrally cast lug of two bun-shaped parts of diminishing size set at right angles to the channel. Fresh corrosion at the flat end of the smaller bun may suggest another component or a decorative feature has been lost. Damage or a casting flaw appears on that side of the object opposite the two-staged lug. The finder kindly suggests a functional conne…
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-977F74
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron bridle bit cheekpiece, probably a pair with NLM-97F082. The rusted relict of an iron ring retaining an external sheathing of a concavo-convex or U-section copper alloy strip – possibly the relict of a copper alloy sheath which had entirely enclosed the iron but which has been lost to its explosive corrosion. A glossy patch shows where the crumbling iron has been consolidated with glue by the finder, and its extent now seems excessive compared to its surviving sheathing. A globular or pear-shaped copper alloy bulb 32mm long which appears to have been integral…
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B67FF7
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bridle fitting [following source record]. Openwork fragment of some sort of harness component, Viking or Anglo-Scandinavian. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Length: 46.9mm, Width: 26.5mm, Thickness: 7.3mm, Weight: 12.75gms
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
No spatial data available.