Balladoole Viking Boat Burial Horse Bit and Cheek-pieces

Date made: Viking

Description: Very fragmentary remains of two bars bent into a loop at each end. Also cheek-pieces made from rings with bar-like extensions.

See 1966-0372/0001 - /00034 for associated finds

Materials: iron

Date found: 1945

Object name: bridle bit

Collection: Archaeology Collection

ID number: 1966-0372/05a

Comments

Linked Records

Sites:

Chapel Hill, Balladoole Ship Burial

Museum:

Balladoole Viking Boat Burial Grave Goods

Archives:

'Report of the Archaeological Commissioners on the Prehistoric Monuments and other Antiquities of the Isle of Man; with a recommendation as to the steps to be taken to preserve the same from further destruction and also for the establishment of a Public Museum in which all matters relating to Manx Antiquities and History might be deposited' volume 2