Record ID: NMGW-CAC268
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy coin, probably of mid to late 1st century BC date Uninscribed bronze; British Lx Mack 274; BMC 2450, sometimes attributed to Trinovantes, Addedomarus 1.27g, diameter: 13.4mm - 14.1mm, thickness: 1.3mm; corroded
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-CAA19E
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy fragment, possibly an Iron Age terret fragment of 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD date. The cast fragment is curved and broken at both ends (with a surviving length of 28.9mm and a weight of 10.9g). One part is narrower and less finished, possibly the terret bar. The bar is of oval sectioned, expanding slightly towards the terminal (5.3mm - 6.8mm wide x 4.3mm - 6.2mm thick and with a surviving length of 9.2mm) and has little curvature. The terminal is of D-shaped section (12.1mm wide and 10.8mm thick) and is well worn but has the suggestion of a central groove. The ring …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-47D5B4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age enamelled copper alloy stud or decorative mount, probably of mid to late 1st century AD date The cast mount is of sub-circular, D-shaped form and is incomplete, possibly cut-down in antiquity (with a depth of 9.1mm, a diameter of 35.1mm and a weight of 21.2g). The rear of the object had a central rounded projection, gradually widening towards the base. The edge of the rear is raised with a rim (1mm wide, 1.8mm - 2.0mm high and 4.4mm deep). The front of the mount is near-flat with recessed cells to hold enamel. Along the edge are two 'trumpet' cells flanking the rounde…
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-B1513C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Torfaen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman bronze enamelled vessel mount, probably of 1st century BC to 2nd century AD date The cast mount is likely to be zoomorphic and is of sub-triangular form with a convex profile to accommodate the vessel curvature (suggesting a diameter of 140mm and with a weight of 31.4g) and is now incomplete and fragmentary, in two pieces. The mount is widest at the top edge (with a length of 50.6mm where it has a rim thickness of 3.5mm) and has broken through an attachment rivet at one corner. The rivet on the opposite side is broken but remains in place (with a diameter of 3…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-03EEE8
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy tankard handle of 1st century AD date The tankard handle is fragmentary, represented by one disc terminal and the fragment of the handle stem (with a surviving depth of 23.0mm and a weight of 37.7g). The terminal is oval (45.7mm wide and 40.5mm long) with moulded decoration. The decoration comprises a crescent at the apex with a raised border. The border at the top of the crescent edge of the handle terminal is now heavily-corroded and damaged. As the crescent arcs away from the edge of the terminal the lipped moulding becomes more pronounced (with a maximum dep…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DA8631
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Published
Earliest to Early Iron Age iron socketed axehead, probably of 8th to 5th century BC date The axehead is symmetrical in form and is incomplete, missing part of one face and side and is a small example (with a length of 88.6mm and a weight of 116.5g). The mouth appears to have been sub-rectangular (with a surviving external width and depth of 32mm and 27mm respectively and 3mm - 11mm thick). The socket (56mm deep) is also of rectangular or sub-rectangular form. There is a suggestion of a gentle out-turning at the mouth but no clear evidence for a collar. The sides are moderately strai…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Saturday 30th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-9B1B42
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy linch-pin of Vase-headed type and probably of 1st century AD date The linch-pin is fragmentary, represented by the copper alloy head, missing the iron shank and mouth (with a surviving length 21.3mm of and a weight of 27.2g). The terminal is sub-circular (with a diameter of 25.6mm - 27.7mm) and the face is gently convex. There is a rim border (2.4mm wide and 1.5mm deep) around the face enclosing a central raised triskele. The terminals of each of the triskele arms are expanded and the outside part of the arms abuts the border. There is an incised border, now …
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-99C455
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Earliest Iron Age, Hallstatt scabbard chape of winged form and of Prüllsbirkig type (Cowen's 1967 Type A1) and of Hallstatt C date, probably dating to c. 800 - 600BC, corresponding to Llyn Fawr metalworking tradition, and Needham's (1996) Period 8. The scabbard chape is near-complete with some peripheral loss but is in two conjoining fragments (with a combined length of 99mm, a depth of 44mm and a weight, including some sediment of 28.0g). The wing terminals converge to a point, now corroded on both ends. The underside of each wing is gently convex but showing no sign of recurving. T…
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-2362B2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age enamelled copper alloy harness fitting (toggle or cheek-piece), probably of 1st century AD date The toggle is near-complete, with slight peripheral damage and some surface loss (with an overall length of 115.9mm and a weight of 100.7g). The circular disc terminals are expanded (with a diameter of 15.7mm and a thickness of 4.5mm). The side of the terminal is enhanced with a central rib (1.5mm wide) and there is no enamelled inlay on the terminals. The arms are of circular section and concave across their length, expanding to the terminal and to the mid-section (with a minimum d…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A34483
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age gold stater, c. 50BC - AD50 Western 'Dobunni', inscribed: CATT[I] Cf BMC 3057-60 Mach 391 5.39g, diameter - 16.3mm - 18.4mm; thickness - 2.5mm; depth - 3.3mm
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-FC5697
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of La Tène III type and probably of mid-1st century BC to mid-1st century AD date The brooch is near complete with peripheral damage (with a length of 51.2mm, a depth of 15mm and a weight of 4.1g). The brooch is of one-piece construction with an internal chord and four spring coils (with a width of 10.8mm and diameter of 1.8mm - 2.3mm). The bow is sheet metal (with a thickness of 0.5mm) and comprises two oval lobes, separated by a narrowing in the bow. The upper lobe is damaged (with a surviving width of 15.6mm and a length of 11m…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7FAC90
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy bead from a beaded torc of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The bead is of cruciform or quatrefoil form (with a length of 24.6mm, width of 22.6mm and a weight of 3.4g) and has a central sub-square aperture (9.4mm x 8.4mm) through the central flat-sectioned plate (0.7mm thick) to accommodate the iron rod, on which the beads would have been 'strung'. The four lobes are oval and convex (with a length of 10mm and a width of 8mm) with flanges on both faces to accommodate adjacent beads. Only one of the lobes has decoration, comprising linear incised lines, seemi…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9951A3
Object type: AXLE CAP
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
This is a continuous cast bronze hoop around the external circumference of which emanate prominent integral spikes, with circular sections and rounded tips, each approximately 28mm long. These are arranged in two aligned radial arrays, each originally of ten spikes. One array has six complete, two damaged and two absent spikes, while the other has four near complete, two damaged and four absent spikes. The section of the band has a double D-shaped profile, giving a bi-convex external hoop surface with a central constriction running around the circumference. Defining the hoop margins an…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-09E626
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a small ingot of gold, approximately circular and large 'button-sized' in plan view, but with slight circumference irregularities. The ingot has a convex under-surface, with marked surface irregularities. This indicates the gold was poured into a small dished mould 7.0-7.5mm deep, possibly clay, sand or stone, and solidifying to take on the reverse contours of the rough and cracked surface. The upper surface is flatter, though domes slightly at the edges, with slight upper surface concavities. In cross-section, the ingot is D-shaped. Dendritic structures in the metal, created …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E80E34
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The cast bronze terret is incomplete and is slightly distorted, missing decoration at the apex, above the broken arms (as initially reported). The bar is of low oval section and the oval stops are enhanced with a central groove, worn on the interior. The hoop is of faceted tear-shaped section near the stops and thins to a D-shaped section at the apex. The top of the hoop has integral arms, which have both broken near the centre and it is was unclear whether the arms defined a sub-triangular shape or met and diverged again to define two opposing C arms. The arms are of triangular secti…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-9C0216
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
On 19th December 2007, Mr. Craig Mills discovered a hoard of two bronze bowls and a bronze wine strainer while metal detecting at Langstone, Newport. A complete wooden and bronze tankard was also discovered by the finder at the same time and within a few metres (estimated at 25 feet by the finder, but established through follow up survey and investigation as 12.8m) of the hoard. The discoveries were made in a field under pasture, which had not been ploughed within living memory, in a low-lying area prone to water-logging. The finder promptly reported his discoveries to the National Rom…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-9BEE04
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Curator's Report Description of object Rein-ring or harness ring (Found in association with Terret (NMGW-9B2D52) This is a substantial cast bronze ring with a circular cross-section. At one point, there is a slight casting imperfection, visible as a slight pitted thinning with a slightly bulbous or raised margin. This would not have compromised the structural strength of the piece. Slight thinning and smoothing of the internal surface on one side of the ring may represent a slight wear facet, created through pressure from straps or a bit-link. On one upper surface, there is a…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-9B2D52
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CORONER'S REPORT Description of object Terret (Found in association with Rein-ring (NMGW-9BEE04) This is a large cast bronze terret, once used as a harness loop on a horse-drawn vehicle, through which reins were passed. In form, it comprises an oval shaped ring with an attachment bar on one longer side, whose margins are defined by two moulded collars. The ring is thinnest at the apex, opposite the attachment bar and expands towards each collar. The attachment bar is flat and rectangular in section, while convex in plan, following the curve of the oval ring. The moulded collars each…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-6E2371
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy simple terret, probably of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The terret is complete with a weight of 65.0g. The bar is slightly curved and has a length of 44.3mm and expands at its centre (to a maximum width of 11.6mm) to produce a lozenge shape. The bar is of triangular section, becoming D-shaped near the hoop and has a thickness at the centre of 4.8mm (7.8mm near the hoop). Prominent collar mouldings divide the bar and the hoop; the mouldings are circular with a diameter of 13.7 and 14.5mm and are 5.2mm thick. Both collar mouldings are worn, but on th…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-5BF232
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy horse figurine, of La Tène style and probably dating to the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD The figurine depicts a horse and is incomplete, missing the head, legs and tail. The horse figurine has a surviving length of 43.61mm and a surviving height of 34.71mm, weighing 23.7g. The piece is finely cast and is decorated with a rectangular enamelled strip (27.2mm long, 2.26mm wide and 0.7mm deep) running from the base of the neck along the back of the horse and filled with red enamel. The body is long and slender and the neck is stylised and is longer than…
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DEDA73
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy end-looped mortar from a cosmetic set of early Roman date, probably from the 1st or 2nd century AD. Little of the surface survives on the mortar, and no decoration is evident. The end loop is complete and integral, and is positioned beneath the bow. The loop has a circular to oval section, and is thinnest at the point opposite the bow. The groove is now U-shaped and shallow (1.5mm).
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A14F81
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Colchester brooch of Late Iron Age-early Roman date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, spring and catch-plate. The spring has broken before the first coil, and extends from immediately beneath the forward-facing hook, which would have secured the external chord. The hook tapers to a point and sits on top of the head. The wings are flat and expand slightly towards their rounded ends. The bow is of trapezoidal section, and gradually tapers and arcs in a continuous curve to a plain foot. The front of the bow is decorated with three moulded ribs, the central one being wavy. It is …
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8A1E22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age silver unit of the ‘Dobunni'.
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7ACF21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch of La Tene III type, and of Nauheim derivative form of 1st century BC to 1st Century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot and catch-plate and the spring has broken at the chord. The spring, typically for the type had an internal chord and would have had two coils either side of the head. The bow profile is flat and the spring erupts in a near straight line from the bow. The surviving upper bow is flat with angular shoulders and converging sides. The face is decorated with an incised side border and three horizontal incised lines. There is a centr…
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-0C5A82
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dobunni silver unit, uninscribed.
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2332A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Belgic Gaul coin, attributed to the Remi, Cast bronze 'potin'
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E96E21
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales.'Trinovantes' annonymous, but attributed to Tasciovaranus
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E948A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales.'Dwotrgis' Plated stater
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-72FDF0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete copper alloy escutcheon from a hanging bowl or bucket, probably of Late Iron Age date, C. 50 BC to 100 AD. The escutcheon body is of globular form with an integral large incomplete loop, presumably to secure a handle. The body of the mount appears slightly domed, and is decorated with a motif consisting of two high raised moulded opposed semicircular arcs, with a slight break in-between the two. Beneath the raised motif is a circular attachment hole, placed off centre and surrounded with iron corrosion. It is possible to suggest this means of attachment is a secondary re…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-FD9FA1
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy ribbed bracelet fragment, possibly from a two piece bracelet of Middle – Late Iron Age date. The bracelet has a D-shaped cross section and is decorated with wide raised bands separated by recesses containing thin bands. The underside is plain. One of the ends is expanded and is composed of two perforated lugs with a central opening. It would seem likely that this fragment contained a hinge in order to open the bracelet. The other end is corroded. The curvature on the fragment suggests an original diameter of circa 45mm, which is somewhat small for a bracelet.
Created on: Tuesday 5th August 2003
Last updated: Monday 3rd February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8DE8D5
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age or Early Roman cast copper alloy cosmetic pestle. The pestle is end-looped, with a now incomplete circular suspension loop, but originally with a continuous loop. The stem is of sub-circular section and is relatively straight before the upturned tip. The stem widens along its length, reaching a maximum at the turn. Little of the original surface survives, but no decoration is evident.
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-44EAC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type. This would appear to be the bow from a brooch which has been constructed to fit together in two parts. The head does not appear to be broken, but has two grooves, possibly to accommodate the wings and spring or hinge mechanism. The bow is slender and has been carefully decorated with a single column of raised square dots within a linear border. The cross section of the bow varies from flat at the foot to tear-shaped above the catch plate to sub square near the head. The catch plate is damaged but would have carried a comparatively intrica…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-720646
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age gold quater stater, uninscribed, but attributed to Dubnovellaunus
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DA9283
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy terret fragment probably of 1st century AD date The terret is fragmentary, represented by the top of the hoop and integral decoration at the apex only (with a Surviving height of 37mm, a maximum surviving width of 37.4mm and a weight of 10.4g). The hoop is of D-shaped to oval section (with a width of 4.0mm and a thickness of 3.4mm and suggested hoop diameter of approximately 35mm). The hoop is surmounted by a decorative moulding comprising two opposing concave arcs terminating in rounded knops and leaving an open triangle at the centre. The arms are of tria…
Created on: Monday 16th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-FD38C2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An elaborate copper alloy terret with a hoop with a 'tear-shaped' profile, growing longer as it approaches the oval stops and circular at the top. The bar has been roughly cast and has a thin oval cross section. The stops consist of a rounded moulding with a median groove, this groove is absent on the interior of the moulding and would appear to have been worn by the harness straps. The terret is crowned with two integral horns on the same plain as the hoop. The horns are of rounded triangular profile ending on one side in a circular knob above a single groove. There is some damage to …
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3F88F4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy strap union formed by a raised reverse S-scroll, the back of which is flat, enclosing two circular bosses 11mm in diameter and with two vertical strap bars, of circular section, attached by oval shaped lugs. The entire surface of the strap-union is quite corroded and pitted. Although the figure-of-eight form flanked by two vertical bars fits into Taylor and Brailsford?s Type 1 strap union category, the use of the S-scroll motif is only paralleled on the larger and more elaborate examples from Seven Sisters and Chepstow. These are classified as Type 2 and date to the…
Created on: Monday 14th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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