Record ID: BH-4DCCB8
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Roman copper-alloy cart fitting. The hollow-cast piece takes the form of a three-dimensional representation of an eagle emerging from a calyx. The neck of the bird projects vertically upwards from between the two surviving petals, curving into the forward-facing head. Much of the front part of the neck has been lost in antiquity, but that which remains displays three rows of moulded feathers, the upper of which projects outwards on either side. The eyes are oval, have moulded lids and incuse pellet pupils. In the tip of its beak the bird holds a spherical object. A raised…
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buntingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-519552
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy socketed terminal of Roman date. The lower two thirds of the artefact comprise a hollow, circular-sectioned socket, the diameter of which gradually decreases towards the top. A moulded collar extends around the damaged basal opening, where there are the remnants of two opposing rivet holes. At the front of the object, just above the opening, is a probable piercing; on the inside, at the same point as this piercing, is what appears to be a circular rivet stop. It seems likely that, as with many of the parallels for this piece (see discussion below), a hooked atta…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2010
Last updated: Saturday 15th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redbourn', grid reference and parish protected.