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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 tapers to a rounded point, is slightly vitrified and has a fragment of copper alloy adhering to the internal surface.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
26.239/14
Find Information
Site Name: Merthyr Mawr Warren, Bridgend
Notes: From an Early Iron Age settlement site about 1000m WSW of the Castle, at foot of limestone ridge.
Acquisition
Donation, 1901
Measurements
Material
ceramic
quartz tempered
Location
In store
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