Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Roman iron box fittings
(c) Surviving length of one strap 53 mm, width 26 mm. Iron loop hinge, incomplete with part of one strap end and the remains of the second piece in situ. (d) (i) Width 42.5 mm, height 46 mm; (ii) length 47 mm, height 23 mm, thickness c. 7.5 mm. Iron staple or joiners dog, corroded and in two adjoining pieces. (e) (i) Shaft of nail, length c. 69.5 mm; (ii) shaft of nail, length c. 38.5 mm; (iii) shaft of nail, incomplete length c. 34.5 mm; (iv) shaft of nail, incomplete length c. 20.7 mm; (v) nail or fitting, length c. 62 mm; (vi) nail with head incomplete, length c. 41.8 mm; (vii) nail, length 47.4 mm; (viii) nail in three pieces with remains of wood still attached but heavily mineralised, and probably used at corner of the box as the wood grain clearly runs in two different directions, length c. 77 mm; (ix) bent nail, length c. 90 mm; (x) bent nail, iength c. 70 mm; (xi) nail encrusted, length c. 58 mm; (xii) tip of nail encrusted, length c. 24 mm. Twelve iron nails and fittings from hox, the nails usually with a square cross-section. Also three lumps of different size, two of which adjoin, probably connected with the inner fittings around the lock, or near the handle attachments.
Pwnc
Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Leucarum Roman Fort, Loughor
Nodiadau: fill of pit cutting road Period IV (Phase 9) - c.100 - c.105 Site 53 - Upper Station House and 4,6,8 Dock Street Loughor