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Late Iron Age shield boss
Fragment of a shield boss which, together with fragment 63.419/8, forms the ornamental casing of a shield boss of similar type to 63.419/1&2 but somewhat larger. As far as can be ascertained from the surviving decoration the boss featured a central roundel embossed in the same manner as boss 63.419/1&2 with rolled-graver lines in the grooves, but with a palmette-derived pattern with "lyres" and attached volutes, and with raised mouldings along the upper and lower edges, separating the boss cover area from the midrib. Attached to the fragment by five rivets is a copper alloy repair-strip which is bent around to form a flange, with eight rivet-holes in three groups suggesting more than one remounting on a shield.
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Site Name: Tal-y-llyn, Gwynedd
Notes: Found half-buried in a cavity under a large boulder between a footpath and the west side of the ravine of the Nant Cader at 800 feet above O.D. on the slopes of Cadair Idris near Tal-y-llyn.
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