Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Roman bone scabbard box chape

Fragment of a front plate with a narrow central ridge and grooves, and the remains of cut-outs, presumably originally of pelta-shape. Neither side remains.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

88.3H/8.12

Find Information

Site Name: British Telecom Site, Caerleon

Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1987

Notes: Excavation conducted on land immediately to the east of the telephone exchange on Museum Street

Acquisition

donation, 10/2/1988

Measurements

length / mm:57
width / mm:29 (broken)
thickness / mm:6

Material

Bone

Location

location verified by MLewis
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