Record ID: BERK-8097CA
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn fragment of a cast copper alloy bridle bit, possibly dating from the Late Iron Age through to the Roman period. This is part of a three-link bridle bit cheek ring; for a complete example see LVPL-ECD916. In this record, Vanessa Oakden writes 'Other three-link bridle bits have been found in Saham Toney Hoard, Norfolk; Seven Sisters Hoard, Neath-Port Talbot; Stanwick/Melsonby Hoard Yorkshire and Middlebie Hoard in Dumfrieshire, which are dated to AD50-125 in their deposition, but considered as Late Iron Age or Native in style. Single examples have been found in Leicester and at R…
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2015
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