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Record ID: NMGW-E46287
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of cast copper alloy object, probably a terret, dating from the Middle Iron Age to Early Roman Periods (c. 250BC to 200 AD). The object consists only of a short section of metal, heavily worn and ending in breaks at both ends. This makes precise typological study and dating difficult.
The object consists of a curved length of moulded copper alloy, with two sections separated by an expanded moulding. The shorter section, potentially representing the bar of the terret, is sub-rectangular in section, with surviving dimensions of 9.4mm thick, 6.2mm wide and 7.1mm long. It joins…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: HESH-46C89D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy terret ring dating from the late Iron age to early Roman periods, c. 50 BC -150 AD. The fragment consists of a projecting sub oval collar from which at one end protrudes part of the narrow rectangular strap-bar and at the other end a remnant of the main circular loop. Both of the broken ends are abraded and like the main body of the object have a mid green patina which would suggest the the break was made in antiquity. Terret rings were used as rein guides on chariots or carts used during the late Iron Age to Early Roman period.
Weight: 9.61gms. Over…
Created on: Monday 12th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Wigmore', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-C72541
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy toggle of late 1st century BC to 2nd century AD date
The cast toggle is of ‘dumbbell’ form without a loop and appears to be complete (with a length of 27.3mm and a weight of 12.9g). Both terminals are flattened, sub-spherical (with a maximum diameter of 12.0mm and a length of 8mm). Before each terminal is a collar (9mm diameter), enhanced with a central groove, now largely worn. The toggle is narrowest across the central part (6.0mm dimeter and 5.8mm long), which is differentially worn, probably by a strap or similar. The surface is p…
Created on: Wednesday 30th December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2020
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Record ID: HESH-08CE9E
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy terminal probably from an Iron Age or early Roman toggle. The object probably dates from 100 BC - 100 AD. The artefact is broadly a T shape with the lower horizontal bar comprising two baluster shaped knops. At the mid-point a square shaped socket extends - the upper edge has a recessed circular socket. The front and rear faces have the remains of broken rivet holes. There is no evidence of iron present. within the socket. The front and rear faces are decorated with both cast and incised lines forming two converging wedge shapes. The recessed areas of the baluster are p…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
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Record ID: HESH-4FF702
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but heavily distorted cast copper-alloy late Iron Age / La Tene III Nauheim derivative style brooch dated c. 50 BC - AD 100. The brooch is complete but heavily distorted through movement in the ploughsoil. The brooch is cast in one piece with an integrally cast spring consisting of three coils with an internal spring chord. The pin is oval in section and tapers along its length - the point / tip terminates in a sharp point. The turns of the spring and chord of the spring have a distinct rectangular section. The head of the bow narrows at the spring, then expands in section …
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B112DE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap fitting, belt slide, of probable late Iron Age or early Roman date (50 BC - AD 200). The strap fitting is irregular in plan having been heavily eroded in the ploughsoil. It is broadly oval in plan and the front plate is D shaped in cross section. The front plate consists of a circular motif formed of a projecting boss which is encircled by a circumferential groove. The external edge has a raised rib which encircles the boss accentuating the depth of the contained annulet groove.Both the long and short edges have slight mid-point projections / thic…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th September 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Leintwardine', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-C48191
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bovine (bulls head) vessel / bucket mount dated to the later Iron Age / Early Roman period 300 BC - 300 AD. The style of this example is more likely to be early Roman in date and be attributed to a long lived 'Celtic' or 'Native' Iron Age or Romano-British trend. The mount is an irregular triangular shape in plan and an irregular triangular wedge shape in cross section. The sides of the mount are faceted and the rear face is concave with an irregular cell shaped depression.
The front face of the mount (bull) is most elaborately decorated. The top edge of the bul…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Madley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-4586CB
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy harness fitting / terret ring of later Iron Age - early Roman date 100 BC - 100 AD. The terret is sub oval (D shaped) in plan with an irregular sub-oval (D shaped) cross section. The attachment bar is rectangular in cross section and triangular in plan with the lower edge projecting below the bar. Flanking this are two circular mouldings. Each of these moulding has a two circumferential grooves separating the mouldings into three parts. A similar moulding is present at the apex of the ring and again is similarly decorated. The external edge of the ring is further deco…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Brimfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-6570BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Iron Age coin, probably the core from a plated stater of the Western Region / Dobunni, dating to the period c.60 BC-AD 40. Obverse type is uncertain, possibly faint traces of a tree motif visible. Reverse type depicts a stylised horse right with wheel motif below and uncertain rosette or pellet motifs above. Cf. ABC pp. 103-107 for possible parallels.
Weight: 4.6gms Width: 17.2mm Length: 20.8mm
Created on: Friday 30th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2017
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This findspot is known as 'North Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-2B6C5F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Copper alloy La Tene III Nauheim derivative brooch which has an undecorated curved bow that has an oval cross-section; the catch plate on the reverse is truncated, the integral spring is also truncated with only one curl remaining.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-609F88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Iron Age brooch probably of La Tene I type, dating from 300-150 BC. The remains of the brooch consist of a highly arched body in profile, with a D-shaped cross-section at its centre. The spring head, foot and pin are missing. The brooch has an overall dark green colour with a corroded and pitted surface which is laminated in places.. It measures 33.7 mm long, 7.6 mm maximum width, 5.7 mm thick (at centre) and weighs 6.3 grams.
A similar fragment of this type can be seen in this record KENT-F8C661
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Leintwardine', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-7BC7A2
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy end looped cosmetic mortar of Late Iron Age to Roman date. It has a triangular shaped bow, tapering towards its terminal end, that is V-shaped in section with a relatively deep central oval shaped groove on the interior surface. At one end is an integral oval loop with circular aperture and transverse notch along its underside where it joins the bow. The narrow terminal end has a single globular knop. The surface has a dark green patina with areas of bronze. It measures 79.6mm in length, 12.9mm in width, 22.2mm in height, 9.9mm in thickness and approximately 3mm in de…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Leintwardine', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-52BE9F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy enamelled Iron Age (100BC - AD 80) mount, stud, dangler or decorative fitting. The fitting is broadly circular in plan with a cast and inlaid upper surface, The reverse face is incomplete; projecting from the mid-point is a bifurcated stem which is broken and eroded - its inner surface is a rounded U shape possibly suggesting it fitted onto a small chord or rod. Each bifurcated arm is D shaped in cross section. The design on the upper surface comprises a central raised cast design which is curvi-linear in shape - being best described as an inverted S shape formed o…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2016
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Record ID: GLO-67EF31
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy ring of probably Iron Age to Roman date (c. 300 BC - AD 100). The ring is circular in cross-section. It is decorated by a finely executed double wavy line within a recessed band that wind around the circumference of the ring. The inner surface of the ring is smooth and in places shows signs of wear which may indicate where is has rubbed on a strap. Rings of this type are generally believed to have been harness or strap fittings, however, they may have a variety of uses.
A number of similar rings have been recorded on the PAS database including: SOM-3B5971, HAMP-FCFA25, …
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FEA7E1
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy end-looped cosmetic mortar (also known as cosmetic grinder or woad grinder) of later Iron Age to early Roman date circa 100 BC - 200 AD. The cosmetic mortar in incomplete having eroded and corroded terminals which taper to blunt points. In plan it is broadly a pointed oval shape (elliptical) with distinct crescent shaped profile; in cross section it is U shaped. The end loop is lost through an old break it is cast in one piece with the rest of the mortar. On the upper edge of the mortar is the grinding area / surface that is elliptical (sub-oval) in plan. The grind…
Created on: Saturday 2nd April 2016
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Monnington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-0E5DAF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible late Iron Age , La Tene II style - bow brooch c. 200-50 BC. The artefact is irregular in form and tentatively identified as a bow brooch due to certain distinctive / diagnostic elements. The fragment is incomplete ; the head is angular in shape tapering from a bulbous head to a distorted out-turned foot. The back of the head has a rectangular shaped projection - possibly the remains of an integrally cast spring. On the rear of the brooch - directly under the head is a wedge shaped separate piece of metal that tapers in line with the bow and is secured in place b…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WAW-E85A3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman (c. AD 25 to c. 60) Colchester One-Piece brooch: The copper alloy has wings which are formed by a horizontal rectangular bar which are abraded and undecorated. On the reverse of the wings, integral to the upper edge is a rectangular protrusion which is broken, but not recently. The lower edge of the wings, on the reverse, there is a trace the integral spring, which forms one coil before it is broken. The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow. The bow is oval in section and undecorated. The reverse of the lower portion of the b…
Created on: Sunday 2nd August 2015
Last updated: Monday 24th August 2015
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Record ID: GLO-6EFDAC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age copper alloy La Tene I brooch, dating to c 400-200 BC. The brooch is nearly complete, although the pin and some of the spring are missing.
The brooch has a deeply C-shaped bow which is thicker towards the middle where it forms a broad flat panel that has two vertical groves running down its length. The narrowed head of the brooch is curved round several times to form the spring and pin: the pin is missing and only two curls of the spring remain. The foot of the brooch is also narrowed and bent upwards to curve back on itself; the terminal is decorated with a collar/be…
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Record ID: HESH-66219E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy La Tène I style bow brooch of later Iron Age date (400-250BC). The brooch is incomplete consisting only of the central bow and upper foot; both the spring and head are lost through an old breaks From the top of the brooch the bow expands in both width and thickness forming an angular bow with a D shaped cross section. The bow tapers towards the base and terminates in an eroded blunt pointed foot. To one side of the foot is a cast projection with a rolled edge - this is badly abraded but is an integrally cast catch-plate. The exterior face of the brooch -…
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Sunday 29th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Luston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WAW-2DDCF5
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (-100 to 200) cosmetic mortar: The copper alloy mortar is crescentic in profile and an elongated pointed oval in plan whose terminals are slightly bulbous knops. In section the mortar has a 'V' shaped section which is narrow and quite shallow. On the outer face of the mortar, at the apex there is an incomplete integral loop. The side faces are undecorated. The surface of the mortar has traces of a mid blue/green patina otherwise it is heavily abraded. It measures 39.09mm long, 5.34mm thick at the centre and weighs 3.4g.
Cosmetic mortars such as this would have for…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th April 2014
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