• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: SF6525
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Large cast copper-alloy object which appears to be part of an elaborate bridle cheekpiece. The object is incomplete, and the original shape is uncertain. It is basically flat, and arranged around a central oval perforation (16 x 12.5 mm). On one side is a short projecting arm 8 mm wide, which has a raised rounded boss just before two breaks which indicate a bifurcation. The rest of the area around the perforation has an elaborate outline, perhaps intended to depict an animal's head in profile. There is a long snout with a knob-like nose at the end; much of the snout is taken up by an …
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2001
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE STETCHWORTH', grid reference and parish protected.