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Record ID: NMS-134E11
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy bit link, cf. Williams 2007, FRG Datasheet 39, fig. 5. The non-knobbed loop is circular rather than oval and is not larger than the other loop. It is also worn thin at its outer edge. Weight 11.01g. Length 52.1mm. Width 21.7mm. Thickness  3mm at the knobbed loop and 6.1mm at the boss. 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F98B17
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy enamel inlaid bridle fitting, a cheekpiece, toggle or "slider". A round-sectioned bar which expands to flat terminals and at the centre swells around an oval aperture. At the centre on one face there is a row of rectangular cells, the central one of which retains some red enamel. Enamel has been lost from the other two. Near one end an elogated and slightly curving cell is filled with white enamel. On one terminal an off-centre round cell contains dull pinkish inlay. Cf. MacGregor 1976, 38, 60-1, cat. nos. 42 and 45, NLM879, NMGW-2362B2, NMGW-…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-79AFE7
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment probably of a Late Saxon harness cheek-piece, both ends broken, one across a rounded aperture. There is an opposed pair of moulded notches on the sides. Decorated comprises engraved grooves, both curving and straight. Extent length 23mm. Thickness 3.2mm. Perhaps 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-457C3A
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat sub-triangular piece of copper alloy, the base being a break across a round aperture, perhaps part of a Late Saxon harness fitting, an undecorated and simplified version of a Williams 2007, Type 2 cheekpiece. Extant length and width 51 and 31.5mm. Thickness at the break 5.5mm, at the terminal 3.5mm. 11th century. (field BB)
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-94AC92
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy probable bit link, one terminal loop missing. The extant loop is not worn and is not knobbed, cf. SOMDOR-DBBDC3. Extant length 26.5mm. Width 19.5mm. Thickness 5.5mm. 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D6A9C5
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a fragment of an unusual openwork Late Saxon bridle cheek piece with an inward-facing Ringerike-style animal with a scalloped mane, broken across one of five round apertures and a larger one, possibly for the bit. Corroded purplish metal. Surviving length 41mm. Surviving height 25mm. 5mm thick. Williams 2007 Type 1. 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 3rd April 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DF4F20
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy fragment of cast probable harness link, sub-rectangular sectioned bar with collared terminal and three worn transverse grooves, other end broken across offset internally worn loop, rectangular boss on stump of narrow rectangular side of loop, other side obliquely-angled and oval-sectioned. Measuring at least 37 x at least 13mm. A possible variant of a type illustrated in Williams 2007 fig. 3e. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7FB6C3
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy bridle cheekpiece decorated with Ringerike-style engraved animal. Broken at both ends. Parts of the two perforation are extant. Surviving length 39mm. Thickness 4mm. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E96125
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of probable bridle cheek-piece with parts of several openwork apertures, five breaks and one small boss. Rather unevenly finished on both surfaces. Measures >31mm x >18mm. 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 5th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2AA996
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Saxon bridle cheek piece, flattened D-sectioned bar, one lozengiform terminal surviving with knops at angles and oval perforation, trapezoidal central section with triangular boss protruding from it, broken across possible aperture in central section. 40.5 x 25mm (maximum). Read (Artefacts of Antiquity) no.474-476.
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-53D0F6
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Saxon harness cheek piece, Williams's Type 2, very worn and corroded broken plate with remains of possible large perforation and boss at springing of long tapering projection with rounded knob at terminal. >51 x >17mm. Cf. Williams (2007), fig.3e. 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd June 2008
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whissonsett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DEEBA1
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of possible Late Anglo-Saxon bridle cheek-piece, comprising a worn, curving arm, probably originally in the form of an animal-head, the face of which has traces of engraved bordering lines. It is broken across a large inner perforation on a cusped outside edge. Surviving dimensions 24 x 17mm. Compare Pedersen 1996-7, fig.4, a-e. 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-22EA27
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Late Anglo-Saxon bridle cheek-piece, flat-sectioned Ringerike style openwork, probably part of a curved stylised dragon head with projecting lobes around profile. Worn traces of engraved bordering lines. Surviving dimensions 18 x 18mm, 4 mm thick. Williams (2007) Type 1, similar examples in Pederson 1997-8 'Bidselbesag fra Bøgeskov Strand' KUML (Denmark), fig.3, nos.1 and 2. Late 10th-11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Litcham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AEA803
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy openwork object, a bridle cheek piece, flat plate with two apertures, moulded edges and front face decorated in debased Ringerike style animal ornament formed from engraved lines. Three sides are complete, but the fourth consists of the stubs of two continuations with part of a rounded aperture between them. >54 x 34mm. Weight 37.22g. An object of similar shape and decoration, but with stubs of different sections at the broken end was found in Bradenham (HER 45395). 11th century.
Created on: Monday 27th November 2006
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FFB5B3
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy openwork unidentified object, flat plate with two apertures, moulded edges and front face decorated in debased Ringerike style animal ornament formed from lines punched rectangular dots. The stubs of two continuations, one rectangular sectioned, the other ovoid lies next to each other, with a rounded angle between them. Perhaps part of a bridle or harness fitting. >52 x 31mm. The object is wedge-shaped in longitudinal section, ranging from 2.5 to 4.5mm in thickness. The maximum thickness, 7mm, is at the break of the ovoid section continuation. Weight…
Created on: Monday 26th June 2006
Last updated: Monday 7th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-167F94
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very small and abraded fragment, probably of a Late Saxon bridle cheek piece, part of an animal head with moulded edges and engraved decoration, broken across the neck and apparently below the muzzle. 11th century.
Created on: Friday 10th March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4B3171
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon Harness fitting or cheek-piece consisting of a loop on a short arm, a central ovoid boss and a triangular plate with a circular aperture. The front of the plate is decorated with grooves, and one corner is missing. Length 41mm, width of loop 17mm, width of plate c.27mm. The centres of the loop and aperture are only 27mm apart, far shorter than the norm for cheek-pieces. 11th century.
Created on: Monday 25th July 2005
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E15F52
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon incomplete bridle cheek-piece, of the elaborate type with moulded and engraved animal ornament of Ringerike style (Pedersen 1996-7, figs.2, 4 and 5). At top of the arm a trilobed loop, and below the arm a boss projects between the very worn remains of three openwork apertures. No detail of the animal ornament survives. Maximum surviving height 49mm, width across lobes 24mm, maximum surviving width 33mm. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C37D51
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy fragment of harness cheek-piece, broken plate (2mm thick), worn and corroded, pair of small perforations at terminal, irregular-shaped surviving edge, fresh break at other end, engraved Ringerike-style decoration of intersecting oblique lines, zoomorphic with possible pointed oval eye, at least 25 x 16mm . Late 10th-early 11th century. Cf. Pederson 1996-7 'Riding gear from Late Viking-age Denmark' JDA (Denmark), fig.6.
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cringleford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F49ED8
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon Fragment of cheek-piece, very worn, curving arm, broken at both ends, narrowed upper end with remains of ear or mane, broader end with slight convex lug on lower edge, traces of engraved Ringerike decoration, 35 x 38mm. Cf. Pedersen 1996-7, fig.4, c and d. 11th century. Fig.4.
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martham', grid reference and parish protected.