Hay is for Horses: Making and Using a Traditional-Style Irish Straw Harness

The lack of metal lorinery in the archaeological record of early medieval Ireland is addressed through a hypothesis that post-Iron Age bridles were made of straw and rushes, which did not survive deposition. Reconstruction and testing of a straw bridle show the material to be strong and quite suitab...

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Main Authors: Rena Maguire, Robert Johnston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EXARC 2024-06-01
Series:EXARC Journal
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Online Access:https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10751
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