Cheek-piece, possibly of bronze, horse harness, from Wooden, Eckford, 80 - 150 AD

Snaffle bridle bit of bronze, horse harness, with elaborate projections into the ring interiors retaining traces of red enamel, from Birrenswark (or Burnswark) Hill), Dumfriesshire, 1st - 2nd century AD

Mount, harness

Mount, harness

Bridle bit, horse harness, with cheek rings of penannular form grasping a loop, from a moss at Middlebie, 1st - 2nd century AD

Saddle fragment of leather, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

One of four saddle mounts of copper alloy, marked SIINIICIO (Senecio) to indicate ownership, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 100 AD

Roman snaffle bit of iron, one of two, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 100 AD

Strap junction of bronze, horse harness, with upper surface inset with red, blue and buff enamel, from the Roman legionary fortress at Inchtuthill, Perthshire, 83 - 87 AD

Gilt bronze harness mount found at Jarlshof, interpreted as loot from Scotland or Ireland, 700 - 900 AD

Norse horse harness pendant of bronze, with open work in the form of two rampant animals, from Jarlshof, 800 - 1100 AD

Bridle bit

Iron bridle bit from Sands of Gill, Westray

Part of a bronze bit from Hurly Hawkin, Angus

Harness ornament of gilt bronze, decorated with deer: North China, Ordos Plateau region, Han dynasty, 206 BC - 220 AD

Harness ornament of bronze decorated with a two-headed animal and two ibex: North China, Ordos Plain, 5th century