Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Roman copper alloy sheet
Oval sheet, with a slight lip around the edge and a rectangular cut-out in the centre. Probably from a sword or gladius, it would have served as a washer between the blade and the wood or bone hilt guard, with a tang passed through the rectangular hole. Bent double.
Pwnc
Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Southern Defences, Caerleon
Nodiadau: From excavations directed for the Department of the Environment by Howard Mason of Cardiff University.