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HARNESS FITTING

Unique ID: PUBLIC-585756

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy incomplete probable terret or rein ring of late Iron Age or Roman date. This terret consists of a large complete circular lower loop and a fragmentary probably originally rectangular upper loop. Both loops have a rectangular cross-section and the larger complete loop measures 35mm external diameter and 27mm in internal diameter. It is 7mm in thickness, but the top left part of the larger loop, is only 2.3mm in thickness, this is probably due to use wear. It has a light green patina. A very similar but complete terret has been found at Hacheston, Suffolk (Blagg, Plouviez, Tester, 2004, 128-129, fig 89, no 228).

Measurements:

Thickness: 7mm
Weight: 17.82g
Diameter: 35mm

Notes:

See similar @:SF-CFFF92

Class: Terret

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 10 BC
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 17.82 g
Diameter: 35 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 15th February 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Bexley (London Borough)
Parish or ward: St. Mary's (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ5072
Four figure Latitude: 51.42716035
Four figure longitude: 0.15620906
1:25K map: TQ5072
1:10K map: TQ57SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Undisturbed grassland

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Blagg, T.	2004	Excavations at a Large Romano-British Settlement at Hacheston, Suffolk, 1973-74		East Anglian Archaeology	128-129	fig 89, no 228

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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