Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Iron Age copper alloy shield boss (electrotype)
Thin, sheet, copper alloy ornamental covering for a spindle shaped shield boss. The central expanded part is defined by two moulded transverse band and has a central raised circular boss with three radiating raised lines on each side. Narrow flanges with between 3 and 6 rivet holes joined with the pelta shaped decorative plate and the backing of the shield. One arm has broken off, the other tapers to a slender rounded end with a rivet hole for attachment.
Pwnc
Archeoleg a Nwmismateg
Rhif yr Eitem
32.175/1
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Moel Hiraddug, Denbighshire
Dull Casglu: chance find
Nodiadau: Found with fragments of iron "swords" (now lost) under rubble collapsed from the outer face of the innermost rampart of the hillfort
Derbyniad
Donation, 23/4/1932
Mesuriadau
length / mm:460
width / mm:120
Deunydd
copper alloy
electrotype
Lleoliad
In store
Categorïau
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