Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Roman copper alloy harness mount

Large plate with traces of peltaform ends and a central boss. Three studs, two rectangular and one circular in section, project from the back. The rectangular studs may perhaps be remains of a square-ended loop.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

54.389A/5.76

Find Information

Site Name: Bear House Field, Caerleon

Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954

Notes: field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from the culvert. From the Civil Settlement.

Acquisition

collected officially, 12/10/1954

Measurements

length / mm:72
maximum width / mm:44
width / mm
thickness / mm:2

Material

Copper alloy

Location

location verified by MLewis
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