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Late Iron Age copper alloy cauldron

Wrought sheet copper alloy cauldron fragment including rim (width c.145mm, height c.275mm, rim length 83mm), although now flattened, originally hemispherical in form. The fragment is creased with folds; it is uncertain whether they are ancient or modern. The external surface is darker than the internal surface, presumably as a result of oxidisation through use. The rim is a smooth finished edge below which are pierced four unevenly spaced rivet holes (diameter c.2-2.75mm) one of which retains a copper alloy rivet. The rivet is hammered flush with the internal surface and protrudes c.1mm out of the external surface suggesting the rim was reinforced by a thin external band. There is a faint corrosion differential on the external surface of the rim running parallel to the edge c.11-15mm below it. The internal surface has been repaired, four patches survive and differential corrosion associated with a fifth is observable. The patches were fixed by small rivets and areas of dark blackening around the patch edges suggest that they were possibly brazed in part as well. The superimposition of two of the patches demonstrates that the technique was only partially successful. Part of the fragment's edge has been deliberately cut in antiquity. Weight 67.5 grammes.

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Late Iron Age copper alloy cauldron
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Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

44.32/76.1

Find Information

Site Name: Llyn Cerrig Bach, Cae Ifan Farm

Collection Method: chance find
Date: 1942-1943

Notes: Found during the construction of an airfield at RAF Station Valley. Some certainly, the rest probably, from a wet meadow which formed the margin of Llyn Cerrig Bach. The exact depth below the grassy surface at which the objects were deposited is not known. The bog was excavated to a maximum depth of 20 feet. A few objects were found on the spot, after the peaty deposit had been won from the boggy margin of the lake. The rest, with the exception of 44.32/58, were found on that portion of the adjacent aerodrome on which the peat from this site had been spread. Animal bones were associated with the deposit and many metal objects were stained with vivianite.

Acquisition

Donation, 3/2/1944

Measurements

length / mm:240
height / mm:215
length / mm:210 (rim)
weight / g:86

Material

copper alloy

Location

In store

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