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Iron Age glass bead
The bead is typical of a class of small annular beads with flattened upper andlower surfaces which first appear at Meare, Somerset in the 3rd or 2nd centuries BC and persist occasionally into the Roman period.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
92.46H/317
Find Information
Site Name: The Breidden Hillfort, Criggion
Grid Reference: SJ 292 144
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1968-1976
Notes: Excavated by the Clwyd-Powys Arch. Trust Context B1051 - topsoil behind rampart.
Measurements
weight / g:0.4
diameter / mm:10
thickness / mm:3.5
bore / mm:5
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