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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: WREX-06D00D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Bronze Iron Age Terret ring c. AD50-150. The ring has a "saddle" type attachment bar set between two circular stops. Around the outer edge of the ring are 3 rounded knobs. Spratling (1972) identifies this as a Knobbed Terret (Group IX, sub-group A) dating from the late 1st century eo early 2nd century AD.
Height: 59.7mm; width: 66.6mm; thickness: 13.0mm; weight: 43.7g
Class:
Terret, knobbed
Sub class: Spratling 1972, Group IX, sub-group A
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 59.7 mm
Width: 66.6 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 43.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th June 2018 - Friday 14th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 140918/2
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Flintshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cilcain
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spratling, M.G. | 1972 | Southern British Decorated Bronzes of the late pre-Roman Iron Age | unpublished PhD | University of London | 35-37 | 86 |
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