Harness Fitting (LIN-7C2052)

A copper-alloy harness fitting found near Saxilby with Ingleby, Lincolnshire

This is either a harness fitting or strap distributor on which the central part is decorated with Ringerike-style ornament which was used for most of the eleventh century.

Object Type

Harness fitting

Date

circa 1000 — 1100

Style

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

Anglo-Scandinavian, copper_alloy, harness_fitting, Horses, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, Ringerike

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

(c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme