Balladoole Viking Boat Burial Horse Bridle Mount

Date made: Viking

Description: A four-armed cross design with a border of rectangles (or billets) with traces of red enamel.

Righthand object in the image.

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

Measurements: 35mm

Materials: copper alloy

Date found: 1945

Object name: mount

Collection: Archaeology Collection

ID number: 1966-0372/07

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