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Record ID: WMID-FC0AB8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of worked black geological material (jet, shale, canal coal, anthracite, etc). Possibly a Roman torus of unknown function. Mass: 10.7g; diameter (cross section): 18.3mm. The fragment is curved in plan and circular in section, with a break at both ends. Other than the broken ends, the object has a smooth surface, with three incisions near to the outer edge at one end. The object is broadly similar to incomplete tori included in “Roman Wight”, Tomalin, 1987, and assumed to be Roman by analogy with a similar object found at Silchester (Lawson 1976, 256-8). If this objec…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Drayton Bassett CP', grid reference and parish protected.
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