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PENANNULAR RING
Unique ID: NMGW-093625
Object type certainty: Possibly
A small and creased fragment of gold foil. The foil is folded over in half and has jagged tear edges on three sides.
Notes:
The gold foil was found sitting immediately on a Bronze Age stone working surface, approximately 5.5 by 4.0 metres in area. Associated within the same soil context as the gold foil (2) were 31 sherds of Middle Bronze Age tradition pottery (1500-1100BC), a rolled-top bronze pin of Middle or Late Bronze Age (1500-800BC) date and an animal bone assemblage. It is possible that the small fragment of gold foil (2) may once have coated a penannular ring (hair-ring). These are a reasonably common class of Bronze Age artefacts, using gold foil for surface decoration. Loose and non-adhered foil is sometimes observed projecting from their terminals. While a number of dated examples belong to the Late Bronze Age (1150-800BC), it is now thought that they started to be manufactured towards the end of the Middle Bronze Age (1300-1150BC) (e.g. TAR 2004, no. 17; Raftery 2004). In the light of the associated pottery, a Middle to Late Bronze Age date (1300-1000BC) has been suggested for this foil.
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008W8
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 1300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 4.4 mm
Width: 1.9 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Silver [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Vale Of Glamorgan
District: Vale Of Glamorgan
Parish: Llan Maes
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SS9869
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Controlled archaeological investigation
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Personal details
Recorded by: Mr Mark Lodwick
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Identified by: Adam Gwilt - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Wales Treasure 08.8
Treasure case number: 2008W8
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Friday 15th January 2010
Updated: Thursday 12th May 2011
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