Record ID: BH-8D13B3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an unidentified copper-alloy artefact, probably dating from the Roman to Medieval periods. The surviving piece has a well patinated break on one side, but two thirds of its perimeter appears to represent original edges. Just over half the piece is of flat section, its upper surface decorated by an incised herringbone pattern. The surviving end of this area has two inward-sloping, straight sides, the distal ends of which are joined by a further straight edge. A short distance from the centre of this edge is what may be the corroded remains of an in situ copper-alloy rivet. T…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Stephen', grid reference and parish protected.