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War and art in Iron Age Britain
Horse harness fittings
Iron Age Britons probably considered their
horses and the carts, traps or chariots they pulled as things of
great value and importance. Metal horse harnesses and the other
metal parts of carts were some of the most highly decorated objects
made by Iron Age
craftspeople.
It is
difficult to appreciate the impact these colourful objects would
have had in prehistoric times. Bright colours would have been rare.
The inlaid red and bright blue glass would have stood out sharply.
Imagine the spectacle and the sound as a horse drawn cart or
chariot thundered past!