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Iron Age ceramic crucible
Rim fragment of a crucible. Probably of the shallow triangular form similar to those from Glastonbury Lake Village (Bulleid and Grey 1917, 300-309), Gussage All Saints (Wainwright 1979, 130-132) and Collfryn (Britnell 1989, 126-7) dating to the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. The rim is rounded, distorted and heavily vitrified with traces of copper alloy low down on the internal surface. Sherd joins with 26.239/5.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
27.66/5
Find Information
Site Name: Merthyr Mawr Warren, Bridgend
Notes: Exact site not known, but possibly the Early Iron Age settlement site about 1000m WSW of Candleston Castle
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