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cheekpiece fragment (back)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2019-08-28 17:19:12
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cheekpiece fragment (back)
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English: Fragment of an Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy cheekpiece from a bridle bit, flat in section, 6 mm thick, with Ringerike style decoration in the form of a curved stylised dragon or horse head with projecting crest, similar to a the coxcomb of a cockerel, of four points. The head is incised with a defined neck with linear borders and transverse chevrons, a large lentoid eye, with a ring-and-dot for the pupil and iris, and a flaring mouth with projecting tongue defined by engraved rocker-arm lines. This similar to examples of other Type 1 cheekpieces recorded in <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/184622">NMS-FABB83</a>, <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/608143">NMS-040A25</a> and <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/755139">DEV-CA6EDE</a>.

Williams (2007) illustrates a similar style of openwork and incised decoration on a cheek piece from Gloucestershire on page 3, fig.3a, which is classified as Type 1, referred to as Ringerike style current during the reign of Cnut (1014-1042) and dated from the 11th century.

Pedersen (1998) also illustrates a similar example from Sebbursund, Denmark on p.135, fig.4c.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
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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FindIdentifier: 968472
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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/1070369
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1070369/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/968472
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Object location51° 12′ 19.44″ N, 2° 00′ 20.88″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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