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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
From the rear this tie-hook fragment shows plainly that it was manufactured from a piece of sheet metal tapered to a narrow strand at one end and the edges of the strand rolled backwards to form the material for the hook; close to the junction between the plate and the hook these edges have been insufficiently worked to give a smooth finish and remain partly open.
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.