Record ID: SOM-42DE5D
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
One end of a late Roman copper alloy strip bracelet. The piece has one complete, slightly tapered terminal with a squared end and a break at the other end. It is curved in profile but less than one would expect froma bracelet suggesting it has bent out of shape. The bracelet is narrow and D-shaped in section with a flat back along most of the remaining length with some faceted trapezoid shaped sections with wider back, acgled sides and flat front. It is devided into a series of sections by decoration. At the terminal is a very short plain section (c.1mm long) then a section decorat…
Created on: Thursday 26th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-385A5F
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy bracelet. The bracelet is formed of a curved strip of metal which is even in width and thickness throughout its surviving length, (29.5mm long by 8.3mm wide). It has a convex front and a concave back. The front decoration is divided into three bands along the length. Either side of the central band the outer bands are decorated with is a herringbone design made of lines recessed (stamped) into the bracelet. The central band is flanked by a recessed line top and bottom and has a row of stamped ring and dot patterns running down the centre- not always …
Created on: Monday 13th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruishton CP', grid reference and parish protected.