Aur o Gymru’r Oes Efydd

Aur o Gymru'r Oes Efydd

Iron Age / Roman glass bead

A necklace of thirty graduated, blue, glass globular beads, most with a slightly off centre perforation. These would be categorised as Group 7 (iv) by Guido (1978), small globular beads with origins in the 2nd century BC but lasting through the Roman period. Similar beads have been found at the Romano-British site of Biglis (Parkhouse 1988), Twyn y Gaer (Acc. 90.109H) and New Mill Farm, Monknash (Acc.91.23H/1) although these are all distinctly flattened on both sides and therefore fit into Guidos Group 6 annular bead category.

LI1.4

Pwnc

Archeoleg a Nwmismateg

Rhif yr Eitem

29.370/1

Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad

Enw'r Safle: Castlemartin Burrows, Pembrokeshire

Cyfeirnod Grid: SR9198
Dull Casglu: excavation

Nodiadau: Found ' above an accumulation of clayey surface soil'.

Derbyniad

Donation, 26/8/1929

Mesuriadau

(): diameter / mm:6.3-9.5
(): thickness / mm:3-5
(): length / mm:110
(): weight / g:20 approx

Deunydd

gwydr

Lleoliad

St Fagans Life Is gallery : Bronze Age and Iron Age Adornment

Caiff Casgliadau Arlein ei ddiweddaru yn rheolaidd, ond gwnewch yn si’r bod eitem yn dal i gael ei arddangos cyn ymweld yn arbennig.

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