Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Iron Age / Roman shield

Fragmentary tapering cover for the midrib of a shield which was probably associated with the shield boss fragments under 63.419/7 & 8, rather than 63.419/1 & 2. It is uncertain whether this rib, together with the rib under 63.419/3, formed a single piece with a boss-cover or were separate.

SC5.6

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

63.419/4

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

length / mm:170.0

Material

brass

Location

St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Celtic Art

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Categories

hoard Bronze casting
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