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Iron Age copper alloy shield boss
Decorated with asymmetrical triquetras in paired circles, engraved in Mirror-Style. The shield boss has a domed and pointed oval form, double-arched at the sides, with longitudinal fish-tailed perforated extensions, like the two lugs on each side, for fastening to the shield. Decorated in the central area with four engraved roundels, containing triskele motifs with trumpets, filled in with rolled graver matting.
Bronze cover of a shield boss, 100 BCE-50 CE. It is decorated with a Celtic art design. The shield was probably made of wood and leather.
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Site Name: Llyn Cerrig Bach, Cae Ifan Farm
Notes: Objects disturbed by the construction of an airfield at RAF Station Valley. From the boggy margin of Llyn Cerrig Bach, as per the items under 44.32
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