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Late Iron Age copper alloy object
Copper alloy strip, although incomplete, remains in a more-or-less intact coil which spirals downwards anti-clockwise through 2.75 turns. The strip was folded upon discovery but apparently fell naturally into a coil when examined (Fox 1947a, 86). The lateral edges of the piece are rough and slightly serrated. One end is ragged and was probably torn in antiquity. The other is still intact, square, has a smooth edge and is pierced by three crudely aligned pin holes (diameter 1mm). Exceptionally these fixing holes are apparently pierced from the internal surface outwards. The strip is divided into a series of panels defined by the modern folds. The majority of these panels are concave, rather than convex as one would suppose, suggesting that when the strip was 'restored to its original shape' the coil was mistakenly turned inside out. Hence the current external surface was originally the internal surface of the strip and the three fixing holes were really pierced from the external side.
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Site Name: Llyn Cerrig Bach, Cae Ifan Farm
Notes: Found during the construction of an airfield at RAF Station Valley. Some certainly, the rest probably, from a wet meadow which formed the margin of Llyn Cerrig Bach. The exact depth below the grassy surface at which the objects were deposited is not known. The bog was excavated to a maximum depth of 20 feet. A few objects were found on the spot, after the peaty deposit had been won from the boggy margin of the lake. The rest, with the exception of 44.32/58, were found on that portion of the adjacent aerodrome on which the peat from this site had been spread. Animal bones were associated with the deposit and many metal objects were stained with vivianite.