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Late Iron Age copper alloy object
Copper alloy strip; too folded to be certain whether it was originally coiled. The lateral edges are rough and slightly serrated while the ends are smoother but it is still uncertain that they are original. The strip tapers from 17mm to 14mm in width over c.95mm towards one end. The recognition of internal and external sides is based solely on the evidence of a fixing hole, set just off-centre c.61mm from the widest end, which is assumed to have been pierced from the outside of the strip. The fixing hole is filled with iron corrosion products suggesting that it was fixed by an iron pin now corroded away. No decoration or patches of differential corrosion are visible.
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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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