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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: WREX-32C8C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy harness fitting or terret ring of later Iron Age to early Roman date (c. 100BC – 100AD). The terret is D-shaped in cross section. The attachment bar is rectangular in cross section and triangular in plan with the rounded point of the triangle projecting below the bar. On either side of the bar are two circular stops. At the apex of the ring is a smaller circular moulding which has two circumferential grooves. There is no other decoration present. The terret has a mid-green coloured patina with some areas of corrosion and abrasion.
Length: 48.7mm; width: 46.0mm; thickness across the knops: 12.3mm; weight: 36.78g.
Notes:
It has not been possible to identify a published parallel for the terret. However, a very similar one has been recorded on the database as HESH-4586CB. This record suggests that this form is likely to be a hybrid to Lewis' Triple lobed terret type' which is dated to the Iron Age / Roman transition and into the 2nd century AD
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Terret
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.7 mm
Width: 46 mm
Thickness: 12.3 mm
Weight: 36.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th July 2021 - Saturday 24th July 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 210903KW
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Whitchurch
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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