Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Late Iron Age shield boss

Fragment of a shield boss which, together with fragment 63.419/7, forms the ornamental casing of a shield boss of similar type to 63.419/1&2, but somewhat larger. As far as can be ascertained from the surviving decoration on fragment 63.419/7, the boss featured a central roundel embossed in the same manner as 63.419/1&2 with rolled-graver lines in the grooves, but with a palmette-derived pattern with "lyres" and attached volutes, and with raised mouldings along the upper and lower edges, separating the boss cover area from the midrib.

The fragment shows traces of an original flange and has one rivet-hole.

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Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

63.419/8

Find Information

Site Name: Tal-y-llyn, Gwynedd

Date: 1963 / Jun

Notes: Found half-buried in a cavity under a large boulder between a footpath and the west side of the ravine of the Nant Cader at 800 feet above O.D. on the slopes of Cadair Idris near Tal-y-llyn.

Acquisition

Donation, 23/3/1992

Measurements

width / mm:150.0 (assumed)

Material

copper alloy

Location

St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Celtic Art

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Categories

hoard Bronze casting
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