Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Late Iron Age / Roman copper alloy rivet

Tiny rivet of square section with a rounded head, once a component of the sheild.

SC5.6

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

63.419/2.2

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:8
diameter / mm:6 (head)

Material

copper alloy

Location

St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Celtic Art

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Categories

Bronze casting
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