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Early Medieval iron mount
Hoop or eye, originally with two flat oval terminals pierced for attachment. Perhaps one pair of suspension hoops for a bucket, the slope of the terminals matching the walls of a pail not of cylindrical but of truncated conical form. Parallels may be cited from th etemple well, Pagans Hill (fig 22), and from the cemetery at Koln-Mungersdorf, grave 130, 9. Of a possible similar object from Carraig Aille II it is said that it 'may have been a harness fitting' (fig 10, 23).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/B.31
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 6; Cut XXIII; Layer (14). Context A; A: Powdery soil, usually light in colour with some stone, much bone, charcoal flecking.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:42
width / mm:32
thickness / mm:5
Material
iron
Techniques
forged
Location
In store
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