Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Roman copper alloy fitting
Hinged open-work fitting. The object is the hook element of a hook and eye fastener, although the tapered end and terminal knob which form the hook are missing.The fitting was silvered. Hook and eye fittings were variously used to secure the baldric and the military belt and also served as dagger frogs.
Pwnc
Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Nodiadau: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.