Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Early Bronze Age jet belt fitting

Undecorated hollow and perforated disc with round edges and eroded remains of a pair of marginal V-perforations close together on the edge.

LI7.3b

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

64.53/12

Find Information

Site Name: Ysgwennant, Llansilin

Grid Reference: SJ 189 305
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1962

Notes: found in primary burial pit no. 2

Acquisition

Donation, 24/2/1964

Measurements

external diameter / mm:34.5
diameter / mm
width / mm:7.5
thickness / mm:7.5
weight / g:4.2
internal diameter / mm:18.0
diameter / mm

Material

Whitby jet

Location

St Fagans Life Is gallery : Prehistoric and Roman Death

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