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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: KENT-367219
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An early Roman copper alloy terret ring of the strap-mounted type. the object is formed of an uneven, ovoid ring of'D' shaped section from one side of which projects a rectangular loop of rectangular section.
It is 52.3mm, 41.4mm wide, 7.8mm thick and weighs 37.30 grams.
A number of terret rings of similar design may be found on the database, for example at reference DUR-FF3BE7, SWYOR-D07F75, NMS-41D155 and LIN-E011C3 which cites a similar example, found as part of a small hoard of 5 terrets, in Macgregors 'Early Celtic Art in North Britain' Vol. 2, No.59.
Class:
Terret
Sub class: Strap-mounted
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.2 mm
Width: 41.4 mm
Thickness: 7.8 mm
Weight: 37.3 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dartford (District)
Parish or ward: Wilmington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5070
Four figure Latitude: 51.4091899
Four figure longitude: 0.15536344
1:25K map: TQ5070
1:10K map: TQ57SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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