Record ID: NMGW-8487B1
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman military copper alloy horse harness fitting, probably of mid 2nd to 3rd century date The fitting comprises three surviving pieces, and would have had two further strap loops; the surviving components have a combined weight of 35.8g. The central cruciform component (36.6mm wide, 40.9mm long) has three loops composed of curved side arms, each terminating in a loop containing a copper alloy pin, of uncertain function, possibly decorative. The outside edge of the loops have a rounded bar, upon which a copper alloy strap fitting is attached. At the centre of the mount is a domed boss…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-B7F035
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy mini terret dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period. External diameter 19mm-20mm, internal diameter 10mm-11mm, thickness 3-4.5mm, maximum width of connecting bar 5mm, weight 4.6g. Thicker at pseudo-terminals. no evidence for wear facets; surface slightly pitted and abraded (probably corrosion and modern cleaning). Plano-convex in cross section i.e not cast in the round. A one piece casting. Ring slightly widens towards terminal. Not a symmetrical casting.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-41F3E4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy terret of uncertain type, possibly a mini-terret and probably of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The terret is broken into two pieces across the hoop and a small piece of the hoop has been lost. The hoop is of unusual form being of flat section with a thickness of 1.57mm and a width of 7.8mm. The two fragments of the terret have a combined weight of 8.3g. The hoop had a maximum external width of 38.8mm (23.9mm internal). No decoration is evident on either face of the hoop. There is the suggestion of wear facets on the interior of the hoop…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-31C972
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age bronze cheekpiece This is a complete cast bronze harness fitting, known as a toggle or cheekpiece. The artefact has a widened mid-section, 30-35mm long and 13mm wide and is waisted on each side, before flaring to form two slightly knobbed and rounded terminals. It is of slender and spindle-shaped form and has a transverse sub-rectangular shaped slot through the widened mid-section. On the upper face of the widened mid-section, extending in a motif 28.8mm long and 10.0mm wide, is a decorative inset motif in the La Tène Stage V art style (pre-Roman ‘Celtic’) and inlaye…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7CFAB2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age enamelled copper alloy harness cheekpiece (toggle or slide) of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The cheekpiece is incomplete, missing one terminal and has a surviving length of 77.41mm (originally approximately 91mm) and weighs 38.5g. The surviving expanded terminal is circular with a diameter of 11.6mm. The sides of the bar are concave before expanding to the central box, containing a rectangular perforation, 24.8mm long and 6.5mm wide. The exterior of the box is gently rounded. One face was decorated with inlaid enamel in recessed cells. The decoration comprised t…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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