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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Oval sheet, with a slight lip around the edge and a rectangular cut-out in the centre. Probably from a sword or gladius, it would have served as a washer between the blade and the wood or bone hilt guard, with a tang passed through the rectangular hole. Bent double.
Site Name: Southern Defences, Caerleon
Notes: From excavations directed for the Department of the Environment by Howard Mason of Cardiff University.
