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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: PUBLIC-6954B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy strap fitting
The fitting is near-complete, missing some of the periphery (with a length of 45.1mm, a surviving width of 24.6mm and a weight of 31.9g). The fitting comprises a large central prominent rib (10mm high and giving the fitting an overall depth of 34.4mm) flanked on each side by a slightly smaller rib (5mm high) and separated by rounded channels (6mm wide). Each of the ribs is enhanced with a stepped border at the top. The base off the fitting has a flaring skirt, much of the periphery of which has been lost. A single convex strap was used to secure the fitting, now corroded but originally probably of sub-rectangular section (7.0mm wide and 4.4mm thick). The interior of the fitting is hollow, with adhering burnt deposits, possibly surviving from the casting. The exterior surface has a dark-green patina with areas of pale-green surface loss.
The fitting is difficult to parallel, although the form would seem to suggest a strap fitting, possibly from a harness or similar.
Class: strap
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.1 mm
Width: 24.6 mm
Weight: 31.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd July 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2010.76.2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llantrisant Fawr (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO3800
Four figure Latitude: 51.695309
Four figure longitude: -2.898429
1:25K map: SO3800
1:10K map: SO30SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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