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Late Iron Age copper alloy plaque
Copper alloy, slightly tapering, rectangular plaque, folded and slightly torn, decorated with an embossed design consisting of a repeated motif of a central boss surrounded by a raised circular ring (external diameter c.9mm). The motif is repeated seven times and forms an uneven arc. Three sides of the plaque have a repoussé border (width 1.5-2mm) the other, the thicker of the short sides, is damaged and may be a torn, rather than a true, edge. The border and the decorative design extend to the edge of the damaged end which is pierced by two fixing holes (diameter c.2mm). There were two other fixing holes in the corners of the other end although only one remains (diameter c.1.5mm) the other corner now being torn but complete and perforated in Fox's illustration (1947a, viii).
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Site Name: Llyn Cerrig Bach, Cae Ifan Farm
Notes: Found during the construction of an airfield at RAF Station Valley. Some certainly, the rest probably, from a wet meadow which formed the margin of Llyn Cerrig Bach. The exact depth below the grassy surface at which the objects were deposited is not known. The bog was excavated to a maximum depth of 20 feet. A few objects were found on the spot, after the peaty deposit had been won from the boggy margin of the lake. The rest, with the exception of 44.32/58, were found on that portion of the adjacent aerodrome on which the peat from this site had been spread. Animal bones were associated with the deposit and many metal objects were stained with vivianite.
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