File:Early-Medieval cheekpiece fragment (probably) (FindID 516930).jpg

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Early-Medieval cheekpiece fragment (probably)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2012-08-18 15:45:31
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Early-Medieval cheekpiece fragment (probably)
Description
English: A copper-alloy fragment, probably from an Early-Medieval to Medieval bridle cheekpiece.

The remaining piece of the artefact is sub-crescentic with a projecting arm. There are two adjacent, roughly circular perforations and two deeply indented pellets of smaller diameter. The bevelled edges are grooved and there are various lobes projecting outwards. The projecting arm is grooved along its length, as is a right-angled return on its inner edge. It is possible that these two straight sides represent part of rectangular perforation at the centre of the original object. The breaks are confined to the top and bottom of this possible perforation, the irregular sides apparently being of their original form.

Dimensions: up to 45.1mm long, 29.6mm wide, 4mm thick. Weight: 12.03g.

Bridle cheekpieces vary greatly in form although most incorporate Anglo-Scandinavian zoomorphic designs, which date them to around the 11th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
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
Accession number
FindID: 516930
Old ref: BH-FA94C2
Filename: Earlymed_bridlebit_12_66_13.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/392962
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/392962/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/516930
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