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Record ID: CORN-62F0F1
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bridle bit with part of the mount remaining at one end of the eye ring which tapers to half of the snaffle link on the other side. The eye ring would have joined the rein to the snaffle link which was placed in the horse's mouth. The eye ring is D-shaped in plan and section with an aperture that is 14 mm in diameter. The snaffle link is cylindrical and circular in section, with a length of 23 mm and a diameter of 8 mm. The mount is sub-rectangular, having been worn into an oval to the edge of the eye ring, but was probably originally either circular or square in plan…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C36586
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bridle bit in two pieces with a cheek ring mount and two links from the center of the bit. The mount is made up of a square plate that is 28 mm long and 29 mm wide and 3 mm thick, inlaid with red glass to about half of its depth. The plate is mounted onto a circular ring which is 23 mm in diameter, 14.2 mm wide and 6 mm thick. Below the ring is the beginnings of the attachment bar that is circular in section and 12 mm in diameter and 3 mm deep, so that the whole mount is 29 mm in height. The red glass inlay and patina on the mount both survive well. The upper face of…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2017
Last updated: Sunday 10th June 2018
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