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Roman copper alloy openwork belt plate
Narrow open-work belt-plate with a rounded open-work appendage at one end. The opposite end of the belt plate is damaged and it is not now possible to determine how it terminated; the broken edges which remain suggest there may perhaps have been a hinge for a buckle which would be compatible decoratively as it would afford a balance to the other terminal. At the broken end of the belt plate the bar is pierced in the centre with a hole through which passed an iron shanked rivet or stud. In the equivalent position at the opposite end of the plate a shank of bronze emerges from the rear of the plate.
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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.