Record ID: NLM-511B49
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle fitting. Cast cheekpiece comprising a pair of rhomboid loops connected by an integrally cast D-section bar with a central boss standing proud from its convex side. A smaller boss or pellet is moulded on each of the outer angles of each of the loops. The metal has a reddish tint often associated with Anglo-Scandinavian material. One loop is partly lost. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1100 Length: 57.7mm, Width: 21.8mm, Thickness (at central boss): 9.5mm, Weight: 14.28gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D5540A
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible bridle fitting fragment. A part of a cast and probably oval loop, separated by a bulbous moulding from a constricted round-section bar across which it is broken. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1100 Length: 30.9mm, Width: 23.8mm, Thickness: 8.2mm, Weight: 12.60gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Owersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-38ECC4
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bridle firtting fragment. Fragment of a heavy cheek piece with large central knop. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Height: 43.8mm, Width: 41mm, Thickness: 19.8mm
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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.

Record ID: KENT-10DA53
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast and gilded copper alloy bridle boss of probable Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500-1680. Description: The mount has a central image depicting the Gorgon Medusa, bordered by a rim with (originally) seven projections in the form of human busts. One of these is now missing. Between each of these is a three-lobed motif reminiscent of a vase flanked by two scrolling lines. The border is pierced by three circular rivet holes placed around the head at approximately 12, 4 and 8 o'clock. The hole at 8 o'clock (5mm) is larger than the other two (4mm).The object has a rough, mid-green …
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-F92B7F
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval to Modern lead alloy decorative roundel, possibly a bridle fitting dating c. 1750-1880. The object is circular in plan and umbonate with a raised central circular field decorated in cast relief with four equidistant round pellets each separated by two radiating parallel bars. The plate is pierced with a small sub-circular aperture set slightly off centre. The central field is bound with an outer annular border enclosed within raised circumferential lines filled with a row of raised sub-oval pellets. Only a short length of the outer rim remains the…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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-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-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-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-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-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.

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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: WMID-FA9234
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval to Modern incomplete copper-alloy snaffle bit, dating to circa AD 1750-1950.  The object has a central bar with a curved semi circular arm projecting from it. The object would have presumably once had an opposing semi circular arm which is now missing. One terminal of the central bar is damaged and incomplete and comprises of two curved projections. The opposing end is also damaged and incomplete. The object has a green coloured surface patina.  Another damaged incomplete parallel is recorded from Kent (KENT-144283). Although this record has b…
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 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: IOW-0539FA
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early Medieval cast copper-alloy bridle bit link, c.AD 1000-1100. This fitting has a rectangular shaft that is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face. At one end of the shaft is the remains of a heavily-worn dome-shaped boss. From both ends of the shaft extends an integrally cast, circular loop, missing its outer edge due to wear and old breaks.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C9F097
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bridle fitting, a bit link, or a harness link type of harness fitting, both dating from the late Early Medieval to Medieval period, AD 1000 - 1100. Only one end of the fitting survives. It is a characteristic lozenge shaped loop with three worn projecting knobs at the corners. Projecting from the fourth corner is a bar of D shaped cross-section. The break is worn and patinated. The opening of the loop is circular. Measurements are; length 39.4mm, width 23.6mm, thickness 5.6mm and weight 11.71g. See Williams (2007) Finds Research Group Datasheet 39, …
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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-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-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.