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English: An incomplete copper-alloy probable late early medieval or Viking Age cheekpiece from a bridle. Part of the centre and the beginning of one arm of this probable cheekpiece now survives, the rest of the centre and the other arm are missing due to old breaks, now worn. It measures 32mm in surviving length and 27.4mm in width at its widest point, across its centre. The centre is flat and roughly rectangular in shape with trefoil terminals, one of which is incomplete, the complete one has the remains of a corroded iron rivet through its centre. The surviving arm fragment projects from the centre of one long edge of the centre of the cheekpiece. The arm is rectangular in shape and has a flat back face, there is a rounded boss in the centre of its front face and the beginning of the perforated terminal also survives. It measures 17m in length and 11mm in width.

Late early medieval cheekpieces are increasingly becomming increasingly common finds in Suffolk as more of them are recognised, they all have two opposing arms with perforated terminals, often lozenge or oval shaped, as well as a central part which can be very variable in size and shape, ranging from a simple rectangular boss to a flat shaped plate. Another feature of these cheekpieces is the distinctive reddish brown copper-alloy that they are invariable made from.