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Late Bronze Age pole cap
A cylindrical casting with one large, roughly circular opening. The opposite side to that with the opening is damaged. Part of chariot/cart fitting.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
30.130/11
Find Information
Site Name: Cardiff, South Wales
Date: 1928
Notes: Found on the flood plain between the Ely and Taff rivers, near the football ground, in a shallow bed of river sand at a depth of one metre under the turf.
Acquisition
Donation, 11/3/1930
Measurements
length / mm:55.5
external diameter / mm:59.5
diameter / mm
internal diameter / mm:55.0
diameter / mm
weight / g:117.2
internal diameter / mm:22.5 (of hole)
diameter / mm
Material
copper alloy
Northover's composition group: T3
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
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