Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Late Iron Age copper alloy object
Copper alloy strip fragment with smooth lateral edges. One end is rounded and pierced by a centrally located fixing hole (diameter c.2mm) set c.2mm from the edge. The other end is cut diagonally at three angles and pierced by a fixing hole, set on the edge, which still retains a small copper alloy nail (length 9mm) with a rounded head, square-sectioned stem, and a missing tip. The rounded end is original and presumably so is the diagonal end; neither is marked by significant differential patches of corrosion. Decorated by a single, apparently continuous and slightly off-centre, incised line from the edge of the diagonal end to c.10mm from the rounded end. The impression of the incised line is visible on the internal surface.
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Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Llyn Cerrig Bach, Cae Ifan Farm
Nodiadau: Found during the construction of an airfield at RAF Station Valley. Some certainly, the rest probably, from a wet meadow which formed the margin of Llyn Cerrig Bach. The exact depth below the grassy surface at which the objects were deposited is not known. The bog was excavated to a maximum depth of 20 feet. A few objects were found on the spot, after the peaty deposit had been won from the boggy margin of the lake. The rest, with the exception of 44.32/58, were found on that portion of the adjacent aerodrome on which the peat from this site had been spread. Animal bones were associated with the deposit and many metal objects were stained with vivianite.