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HORSE TRAPPING
Unique ID: LANCUM-AB8D01
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy terret, of Late Iron Age dating 300 BC - AD 100. Around 25% of the terret is present, the rest presumed lost in antiquity. The profile of the terret is oval in cross section and originally the object would have been D-shaped. There is decoration along the length in a La Tene style possibly a tendril. Similar to WMID-2BCB95, YORYM-4C6C21 and YORYM-C23B67 on the database.
The length is 44mm, the width is 15mm thickness 7mm and the weight 8.26g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 8.26 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Pendle (District)
To be known as: KELBROOK
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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