Balladoole Viking Boat Burial Horse Bridle Strap-mount
Date made: Viking
Description: Two strips of sheet metal, folded to hold leather straps, secured by dome-headed rivets (one dome is missing). Around each rivet are incised circles and along the length, the pattern is interlace on a cross-hatched background within a double-border. One strap-mount has light decoration on the back. In the centre is a shaped cast bronze loop with animal heads top and bottom, with incised detail but with their snouts broken off. Similar to 1966-0372/05d, but less well-preserved. Associated with 1966-0372/05b - /05q.
Middle object in image.
See 1966-0372/0001 - /00034 for other associated finds
Measurements: 115mm x 37mm x 17mm
Materials: copper alloy
Date found: 1945
Object name: strap fitting
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 1966-0372/05e