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Iron Age / Roman glass globular bead

Fused cluster of 6 beads. 452A - Complete flattened globular bead of faintly transluscent dark/sky blue glass, irreguarly wound and slightly heat affected. 452B - Probably complete, partially molten and deformed globular bead of faintly transluscent dark/sky blue glass. 452C/453B - Two halves of a flattened globular bead of transluscent reddish glass made of a pale blue matrix coloured with red streaks. 452D - Small part of a flattened globular bead of faintly transulscnet brownish green glass. 453A - Complete, flattened globular bead of faintly transluscent sky/dark blue glass, slightly heat affected and deformed. 453C - Almost complete, flattened, globular bead of faintly transluscent brownish green glass, slightly heat affected.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

2013.8H/3.3

Find Information

Site Name: Porth-y-Rhaw, Pembrokeshire

Grid Reference: SM 786 242
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1995 - 1998

Notes: Found in layer 604 immediately above roundhouse gully 2012 of RH IV.

Measurements

external diameter / mm:
diameter / mm
thickness / mm:
weight / g:1.3
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