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Late Bronze Age bronze casting jet
Bronze Age bronze casting jet
Dimensions: top surface length 52.9mm; top surface width 29.7mm; maximum height 28.3mm; approx. dimensions of runner at break: 9.7mm by 7.0mm, height 5.3mm; weight (prior to conservation) 83.2g.
A complete single-runner casting-jet of bronze. The reservoir is sub-oval shaped in surface plan with a rough and uneven upper surface. One side of the reservoir tapers inwards at the underside more sharply, whilst the opposite side tapers inwards more gradually and over a longer distance. A triangular-shaped runner stub projects from the base of the reservoir, snapped off just a short distance (5.3mm) from the reservoir base. The jet has a brown patina. Light green and light yellow-brown sub-surfaces are visible along the sides and upper surface.
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Site Name: Coychurch Higher Community, Bridgend,
Notes: Please treat the Ordnance Survey grid reference to the precise findspot as CONFIDENTIAL. The find is to be referred to as from Coychurch Higher Community. The maximum permitted findspot accuracy to be released to the public is to the 4 figure OS grid reference of SS 96 86. An archaeological findspot investigation was undertaken by Amgueddfa Cymru and PAS Cymru staff on 30th August - 2nd September 2022. During this fieldwork, a fragmentary bronze spearhead of Group 11 (Davis 2015) was discovered in situ. This was carefully lifted in soil block, cleaned and recorded in the conservation laboratory at Amgueddfa Cymru. As the highly fragile and fragmentary artefact could not be conserved of cared for, long-term, it was discarded and the complete salvaged record of the artefact was retained.