ABSTRACT
Pair of snaffles, unornamented save for a series of nicked ribs on the ring-carriers of each link; used together to bridle a pair of chariot ponies. As the maidens were sitting on the bench of gathering at the fort, they heard coming towards them the clatter of horses’ hoofs, with the creaking of the chariot, the grating of wheels, the cracking of straps, and the clanking of weapons. Lynch-pin, probably one of a pair from a two-wheeled cart or chariot, with iron shaft and cast-bronze terminals. The upper terminal has a ring, embellished with ‘lip’ mouldings, set on top of a hemisphere which is pierced horizontally. One of a pair of discs from a chariot-burial best interpreted as phalerae for harness decoration. Chariots were used in warfare among the North British Celtic tribes until the beginning of the 3rd c. ad, and this wheel would appropriately have formed part of such a vehicle.
