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Early-Medieval cheekpiece (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2011-08-05 11:22:51
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Early-Medieval cheekpiece (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a copper-alloy bridle cheekpiece, probably dating from the 11th century.

The surviving piece is roughly 'V-shaped', three of the projecting prongs along one of its sides showing evidence of having been broken off in antiquity. One corner of the object appears to take the form of a stylised zoomorphic head, with upturned snout, head-crest and possible eye. From the base of the adjoining neck projects a triple crested moulding, adjacent to which a sub-oval moulding interrupts the otherwise flat surface of the cheekpiece. The object measures 32.9mm long, 27.1mm wide, 6.4mm thick and weighs 14.5g.

This piece was found close to a similar piece which is probably part of the same artefact (bridle), if not individal cheekpiece - see BH-424724.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Central Bedfordshire
Date between 1000 and 1100
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 456197
Old ref: BH-40F7C7
Filename: Earlymed_cheekpiece_11_124_25.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/340083
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/340083/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/456197
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