Record ID: WMID-D5F649
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman terret ring of late Iron Age to Early Roman date, circa 100BC-100AD.  The terret is of the 'simple' type. It is D-shaped, comprised of a subrectangular basal strap bar flanked by lentoid shaped collars. A loop, trapezoidal in cross section, extends to either side of the collars, narrowing in diameter with the thinnest section directly opposite the strap bar.  The object has a well developed green usrface patina, and shows wear in a speckled pattern. There are also straight lines visible.  Measurements: Length (external): 41.…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-134C0D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper-alloy strap junction dating to circa 150 BC to AD 100.  There are three conjoined incomplete circular loops.The breaks have well-developed patinas. There is a slight depression in the centre of the loops. The object has a light green coloured surface patina.  There are other harness fittings recorded on the PAS database of a similar form; WAW-CA0CC0 is a complete example discovered in Warwickshire although it has a central boss in the centre. Another example HAMP2961 discovered in Wiltshire has a central face depicted between the loops.  T…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-99B871
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy (bronze) cast horse harness fitting or strap distributor, dating from the late Iron age to the early Roman period ( c.50BC-AD50). The object comprises three connected openwork trefoil rings (of which two survives intact) and a probable central motif of a horses head projecting 90 degrees from the centre of the object. The complete rings have an internal diameter of 9.7 mm and 8.8 mm. There are faint signs that the horse's head is decorated with ears and a mane comprised of incised herringbone grooves, and probably a split mouth. Much of the …
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-4E07EE
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A incomplete enamelled harness fitting of probable late Iron Age dating (100 BC to 100 AD). The harness fitting is an irregular shape, almost comma shaped, with a rounded head and a squared tail. The upper surface is flat, with five panels of enamel decoration. The rounded head has three enamel panels, each a lentoid or pointed oval shape, creating a triskele shape between them. The remaining two panels of enamel are sub triangular in shape, continuing down the length of the 'comma' tail'. The edges are bevelled.  The reverse of the tail has a curved recess …
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-436A3D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy terret ring or harness fitting of the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period, dating from c. BC 150 - c. AD 100. The ring is circular in plan and broadly circular in section. It is convex on the outside edge and flattened slightly on the inner edge. The ring is heavily abraded all over the surface, but abrasion is less on the inner edge. There is no further decoration on the surface of the object. The object has an external diameter of 23.3 mm and an inner diameter of 11.3 mm. It has a thickness of 6.9 mm and the band is 5.5 mm …
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-3A538C
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable harness fitting dating to the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period circa 100 BC to 100 AD.  The object has a slight curvature in profile. The upper face is slightly convex and the reverse is flat. It consists of a circular perforated loop at one end. This projects at 90 degrees from a larger broadly oval shaped loop. Below the oval loop is a triangular loop that then extends to a circular loop. Extending from the circular loop appears to be a further now incomplete triangular loop. This could suggest that originally the circular loop was once in…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-8D6178
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age  (1st century) copper alloy harness fitting of toggle type. The toggle is complete. It is a sub-rectangular in plan with swollen central block and either side the arms are slightly narrowed. The arms are oval in section and slightly expanded at the terminal. The central block has rounded edges and has a vertical oval shaped perforation running through it. On one face the central block has three circular cells in a row. The cells are positioned not quite in a straight line. There are traces of enamel in the cells, which was possibly red. Either side of th…
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-2A2BF2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap distributor of Iron Age dating (100 BC to 100 AD). The strap distributor is of an openwork design with a rectangular loop to either side and two joining crescents in the middle. No enamel is visible. It measures 40.5 mm in length, is 32.3 mm wide and a maximum of 7.0 mm thick. It weighs 15.7 g. The strap distributor is a dark green colour with an even surface patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail. Several similar strap distributors have been recorded on the PAS d…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
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