Record ID: HESH-950365
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment from a cast copper alloy tankard handle dating to the Late Iron Age or early Roman period (150 BC - 200 AD). The fragment consists of the central element of the handle and is broken at both ends. Both the fixing / attachment plates are lost. The fragment is broadly elliptical / oval (vesica shaped) in plan and rectangular in cross section; it has been distorted by movement in the soil. The two broken ends are patinated and abraded suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The upper face of the handle is decorated with a cast and pierced design. This design is con…
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hay-on-Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B30272
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy tankard handle of probable later Iron Age or very early Roman date (c. 150 BC - 100 AD). The handle has an openwork design that is similar to that seen on several tankards and can be paralleled against the design seen on mirror handles. The handle is fragmentary consisting of the upper part only; the break on the lower edge is old and patinated suggesting damage in antiquity. In plan the handle is irregular being broadly sub-rectangular; in profile it is bowed with an even (elegant) curve; the cross section is irregular. The upper bow of the handle i…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leominster', grid reference and parish protected.