Record ID: IOW-19468C
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy openwork bridle boss (c. 17th century). The boss is hexagonal in plan, umbonate at the centre and rises to a small nipple at the apex. It has a flat bprder. The central part, the umbo, is concave on the underside. The umbo is composed of a raised eight-pointed star with a nipple at the apex. Between each arm of the star and close to the flat border there is a triangular opening. The upper face of the flat border is decorated with evenly spaced and alternating raised lozenges and scrolls. Each lozenge is aligned with an arc forming part of the oute…
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-346A62
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete late Iron Age (possibly) harness fitting in the form of a miniature cheek piece. The object is symmetrical and curvilinear. At the centre a projecting integral loop is bevelled on both sides. The arms are circular in cross-section and their ends are slightly convex. This object is green and is corroded in places with patches of a dark green patina. Length: 53.4mm; width: 17.3mm; width: 4.6mm. Weight: 7.44g.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C7823D
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy umbonate mount for harness or possibly furniture (c. 1700-c. 1900). The mount is oval in plan, flat at the edges, largely convex at the front and largely concave at the rear. The front has a central male bust left contained within an oval ridge. The ridge is surrounded by eleven evenly spaced circular knops. The flattened edge has thirteen raised evenly spaced 'comma'-like scrolls. A circular rivet hole at each end has a diameter of 4.0mm. The mount is corroded and has a patchy dark green patina. Length: 66.0mm; wi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2E6A45
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy bridle boss (1700-1900). This boss is circular in plan with a flat rim, partially domed/umbonate in form at the front and rises to a rounded apex. The rear of the umbonate part is hollow. There is a pair of circumferential grooves half way up the dome and also close to periphery of the rim. Three unequally spaced dome-headed copper-alloy rivets penetrate the rim. The rivet heads have a diameter of c. 7.5mm. The boss is probably one of a pair and each would be situated on the bridle either side of the horse's head. This boss has a…
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-647A2A
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy bridle boss (c. 1600-c. 1700). This boss is umbonate in form and is now sub-circular in plan. The centre is domed with a flat border. When complete, the border consisted of evenly spaced pierced lugs but only one now survives complete. At the front, the dome has three incised lines crossing at the centre to form six segments. At the rear the centre is concave with the scar of a spike at the centre. The bridle boss is reddish brown with patches of a greenish buff patina. Length: 27.0mm; width: 23.9mm; thickness: 5.4mm. Weight: 5.03g.
Created on: Saturday 4th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-63B4D7
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy circular harness boss of Post-Medieval seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Diameter 68.0mm and 18.0mm thick. Weight 53.66g. The boss has a central umbo with a surrounding flat plate from which extend a series of sixteen evenly spaced alternating knops in the form of a single knop and a trefoil knop. Each trefoil knop is related to symmetrical scroll-work in the shape of a heart. The umbo is perforated with seven evenly spaced tear-shaped holes to form open-work. At the apex of the umbo is a large flat nipple. The plate is pierced with two opposed circular…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CA6472
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy harness cheek piece of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) date (1000-1100). The majority of the openwork plate is missing. It has a trapezoidal loop at the end of the projecting arm. At each corner or the outside edge of the loop, on the upper face, there is small rounded knop forming a decorative feature. The arm is sub-rectangular in cross-section and each corner is rounded. At the junction of the arm and the plate there is facing animal head which is reminiscent of the heads found on Class B stirrup-strap mounts. The rear is flat. The object has…
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-BC6DA2
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian)-Medieval cast copper-alloy bridle fitting (1000-1100). This cheek piece is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It has a long tapering arm that terminates with a rounded knob. At the opposite end are the remains of two loops which are incomplete due to breaks. The object is corroded and has patches of a khaki green patina. The breaks are abraded. Length: 58.05mm; width: 20.87mm; thickness: 6.02mm. Weight: 16.57g. Similar fittings have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: BERK-0ABD05; …
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-F8FEE6
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy harness link of Late Early-Medieval or Early Medieval date (c. AD 1050 - c. AD 1150). Length 53.0mm, maximum width 19.0mm and 7.2mm thick. Weight 15.84g. The object consists of an arm linking two sub-circular loops. The arm is D-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. Close to one end of the arm is a prominent swelling which has a thickness of 7.2mm. The loop closest to the swelling is slightly larger than the other loop and has an external diameter of about 19.0mm and an internal diameter of about 11.0mm. The rear of each loop is concave. A patina has …
Created on: Friday 13th April 2007
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3AE39E
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) to Medieval cast copper-alloy bridle bit link (1000-1100). The bit link is convex on the upper face and flat at the rear. It is composed of part of a bar and part of a loop which is bevelled on the underside. The opposite loop is missing. Close to the surviving loop there is sub-circular boss. This link is similar to one described and illustrated in 'Anglo-Scandinavian Horse Harness Fittings' (Williams 2007: 4, fig. 5). This bridle bit is drab purplish brown with patches of a mid to dark green patina. The three breaks a…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8A29E1
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy probable bit link of Late Early-Medieval, eleventh century date. Length 35mm, maximum width 19.5mm and 7mm thick at the central boss. Weight 9.66g. One of the loops is broken and missing, the break is old. When complete, the piece consisted of a central boss connected to a loop each side by a very short arm. The surviving loop is sub-circular in plan with a maximum diameter of 19mm and a minimum diameter of 17.5mm. The maximum internal diameter is 11.5mm and the minimum internal diameter is 10mm. Viewing the strap link in plan, the central boss is hemispheric…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2004
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
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Record ID: IOW-DB32D8
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) to Medieval cast copper-alloy bridle bit link (1000-1100). The bit link is convex on the upper face and flat at the rear. It is composed of two loops joined by a bar. Both loops are incomplete and one is larger than the other. Close to one loop there is a circular boss. This link is similar to one described and illustrated in 'Anglo-Scandinavian Horse Harness Fittings' (Williams 2007: 4, fig. 5). Unlike the example in Williams, this bit link does not have knobbed decoration. This bridle bit is drab reddish brown and green an…
Created on: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-207A70
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy bridle bit (c. 300 BC-c. AD 200). The object is broadly oval in cross-section. The larger end is slightly convex and has two circular features, possibly the remains of knops. This end expands towards the stubs of two integral projections which are opposite to each other and both are sub-circular in cross-section. Beyond these projections it narrows and then expands towards a bifurcated section of two projections which are remains of a loop. This object has reddish brown patina with some corrosion on the breaks. Length: 34.8mm; w…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Sunday 20th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CF08B3
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) zoomorphic cheek-piece (c. 1000-c. 1050). This object is sub-triangular in plan, moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The front has a design of a beast facing right with a pronounced curving snout. Just behind the snout are three near horizontal tapering ridges and beyond these are two vertical parallel ridges. Two sub-circular holes form openwork.Two other holes are present but these are incomplete due to a break. This object is reddish green and corroded with bright green corrosion products. The breaks are old. Leng…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-6ABA6D
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) to Medieval bridle cheek-piece (1000-1100). The piece is irregular in plan, moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The front is in the form of a crouched beast in Ringerike-style facing left in profile. It has a long beak or snout and the body encloses an oval opening, 9.5 x 8.3mm. The rear face is plain. This fitting is reddish brown with light green corrosion products and the edges are abraded. Length: 60.5mm; width: 30.0mm; thickness: 5.1mm. Weight: 29.69g. Compare with: SOM-C97807.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
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Record ID: IOW-058A18
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete copper alloy and iron harness boss of Post Medieval date (AD 1700 - AD 1900). Diameter 48.0mm maximum thickness 21.0mm. Weight 30.47g. The boss is circular in plan and umbonate in form and rises to a small nipple at the apex. It is probably hollow on the underside. The umbo has a circumferential groove around its side. The flat border, about 9.5mm in width, has three circumferential decorative grooves around the periphery, although these are barely visible. Three equally spaced dome-headed copper alloy rivets penetrate the border to secure an iron back-plate which h…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-848D26
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete copper alloy and iron harness boss of Post Medieval date (AD 1700 - AD 1900). Diameter 52.0mm, maximum thickness 19.0mm. Weight 48.76g. The boss is circular in plan and umbonate in form and rises to a small nipple at the apex. It is probably hollow on the underside. The umbo has a circumferential groove around its side. The flat border, about 11.0mm in width, has two circumferential decorative grooves around the periphery. Three equally spaced dome-headed copper alloy rivets penetrate the border to secure an iron back-plate which is corroded and barely evident. The …
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-FBBD9A
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy and gilded bridle boss (1700-1900). The boss is circular in plan and umbonate in form and rises to a small nipple at the apex. It is probably hollow on the underside. There are pairs of circumferential grooves around the nipple, umbo and close to periphery. Three equally spaced dome-headed copper alloy rivets penetrate the border to secure a separate iron back-plate which is corroded and incomplete. The rivet heads have a diameter of 4.6mm and their ends have been burred over. The boss is probably one of a pair and each would be situate…
Created on: Saturday 4th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.