Record ID: LIN-37C6C5 - IRON AGE harness fitting

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HARNESS FITTING

Unique ID: LIN-37C6C5

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Late Iron age/Roman copper alloy terret ring

A complete copper-alloy reeled terret ring dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period. The frame is oval in plan and circular in cross-section, tapering from the base to the top. The frame is narrowed into a rectangular bar at the base, with a large fully-rounded reel or stop located either side. Three smaller fully-rounded reels are located evenly spaced around the frame; one is located at the apex and one to either side. The surface of the terret is pitted and corroded.

Class: Terret

Subsequent actions

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: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 48 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 11 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]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: Burgh le Marsh

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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