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Late Iron Age copper alloy plaque (electrotype)
Square plate with traces of tinning and moulded edge and central roundel containing and embossed triskele motif. The central hollow boss and each corner are perforated for fixing to another object. Two further perforations have been added either side of a tear in the metal on one edge.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
32.175/3.1
Find Information
Site Name: Moel Hiraddug, Denbighshire
Collection Method: chance find
Notes: Found with fragments of iron "swords" (now lost) under rubble collapsed from the outer face of the innermost rampart of the hillfort
Acquisition
Donation, 23/4/1932
Measurements
length / mm:162
width / mm:152
thickness / mm:1
Material
electrotype
Location
In store
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