Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Roman copper alloy knee brooch
The head of a knee brooch, smaller and cruder than 88.165H/12. The pin is sprung with an iron axial bar supported on lugs which emerge from the edges of the semi-circular head.There is a band of bronze above the spring projecting from the rear of the head and linking the two lugs as if to form a casing. There is also a loose internal chord.
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.