Record ID: NCL-271C9A
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cup-headed stud inlaid with green enamel. Sally Worrell has comented that such studs are late Iron Age or Early Roman, usually with either a blue or red enamel (see FAKL-FCD5C7). This example has a green enamel with no traces of blue or red. The head is cup-shaped and is roughly circular in plan. The diameter of the head is 14.44mm and the cup has a thickness of 5.57mm. On the under side of the cup is a truncated shank, 4.65mm diameter x 2.44mm long. Objects like this occur in Iron Age contexts with parallels from Dinorben, Abergele, Denb. (Savory 19…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th February 2019
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Record ID: NCL-B2A3D0
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy late-Iron Age to Roman (c.100 BC-AD c.200) end-looped cosmetic pestle ('woad grinder') from a cosmetic set. The pestle terminates at one end with a coiled loop, with a clear seam where the coil rejoins the shaft.. The shaft is broadly rectangular in section with rounded edges. The edge of the shaft is flat on one side and swells to a distinct knife like 'belly' on the opposite edge and narrows to a blunt point. The shaft swells in width from 5.64mm below the loop to 9.38mm in the middle of the belly of the blade. The shaft&n…
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: NCL-74A7AE
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy harness fitting terret ring of late Iron Age to Roman date, c.100 BC - AD 100. The terret is a 'simple' type. All that remains is one section of the loop with a collar, and a small section of the sub oval strap bar.  The metal has a light green patina and is worn. Weight 15.92g, Length 42.77mm, width of loop is 8.55mm and the collar is 12.18mm in diameter.  Terret rings were used as rein guides on chariots or carts used during the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period. They were set in a line along the yoke and five terr…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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