Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Late Iron Age iron bridle bit
Iron rein-ring and side-link both plated with copper alloy. The majority of the rein-ring is missing and the remainder is thin, worn and corroded but clearly circular in shape and cross-section (diameter c.6mm). There are no stop-studs. The corroded side-link (length c.58mm) has a segmented shape mimicking the form of cast copper alloy examples. The inner-eye of the side-link head is set off-centre probably to compensate for wear. Possibly from the same three-link bridle-bit as 44.32/49i
Pwnc
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.