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Late Bronze Age harness ring

Hollow, oval ring weighted with lead. Extensively damaged where a presumed perforation allowed for the insertion of the attachment loop of an inner ring.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

40.368/6

Find Information

Site Name: Dinorben, Parc-y-meirch

Notes: Found before 1868 with ?human bones in debris at the foot of a crag outside the NW corner of Dinorben hillfort on Parc y Meirch hill.

Acquisition

Donation, 20/9/1940

Measurements

maximum diameter / mm:70.5
diameter / mm
diameter / mm:50.0 - 55.0*
thickness / mm:16.5
weight / g:92.0
internal diameter / mm:38.5 (max.)
diameter / mm

Techniques

cast

Material

copper alloy

Location

In store

Categories

hoard Unassigned record verified by A. Gwilt

Classification

agriculture harness attachment
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