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Unique ID: DEV-5B7171
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Cast gold ingot of roughly D-shaped section.
A slightly larger but similarly shaped example from Liddington, Wiltshire was declared to be Treasure and is featured in the Treasure Annual Report 1998-9. One datable associated find of ingots of this type is from Mooghaun, Co. Clare, where other items in the hoard are known to date to the Late Bronze Age (the ingots are missing but there are casts). A small Late Bronze Age hoard from Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire contained a similar example of comparable size to the Wembury find.
The simplicity of the form and the lack of archaeological context for most finds of finger-ingots make firm dating difficult; however the composition is compatible with a Bronze Age date.
Notes:
Picture by finder.
Surface analysis indicated a gold content of approximately 82%.
Current location of find: Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2005T123
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 26.22 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th March 2005
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Treasure case number: 2005T123
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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DCMS | 2000 | Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 14, No. 11 |