2010-01-15 16:17:46 Mark Lodwick mlodwick 2011-05-12 11:53:10 Harriet Louth hlouth NMGW-093625 PENANNULAR RING A small and creased fragment of gold foil. The foil is folded over in half and has jagged tear edges on three sides. A small and creased fragment of gold foil. The foil is folded over in half and has jagged tear edges on three sides. 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. Gold BRONZE AGE BRONZE AGE Middle BRONZE AGE Late -1300 -1000 1.9 4.4 Fragment 2010-01-15 16:17:46 VALE OF GLAMORGAN Vale of Glamorgan Llan Maes POINT( ) SS96NE SS2916 29.06.2003 Controlled archaeological investigation 1 NMGW Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2010 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.