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Harness fitting
Unique ID: NMGW-FD38C2
Object type certainty: Certain
An elaborate copper alloy terret with a hoop with a 'tear-shaped' profile, growing longer as it approaches the oval stops and circular at the top. The bar has been roughly cast and has a thin oval cross section. The stops consist of a rounded moulding with a median groove, this groove is absent on the interior of the moulding and would appear to have been worn by the harness straps. The terret is crowned with two integral horns on the same plain as the hoop. The horns are of rounded triangular profile ending on one side in a circular knob above a single groove. There is some damage to the inner side of both horns and it is now unclear as to whether the horns met above the hoop, possibly forming another loop, or terminated near the centre of the terret. The wear facets on the interior of the hoop are confined to the bottom on and near the stops.
Class: Terret
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 200 BC
Date to: AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Length: 47.8 mm
Width: 54.5 mm
Thickness: 13.5 mm
Weight: 43.9 g
Diameter: 45 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Vale Of Glamorgan
District: Vale Of Glamorgan
Parish: Penllyn
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SS9978
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source:
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002
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Created:
Wednesday 30th April 2003
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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