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Description: | Fragment of copper cake c.f. Lynch 1986, plate II. Such rounded copper ingots have been found on Ynys M??n, and are typical of the Roman period, having been formed as molten copper ran off into a hollow outside the furnace in which the copper ore was being roasted and smelted.
A small piece was detached from the copper cake and sent to NMGW for SEM analysis. This should be able to determine the date of manufacture. The copper is likely to have originated from Mynydd Parys due to the findspot. A number of copper cake finds have been recovered on Ynys M??n, with a concentration around Mynydd Parys, but they are less common elsewhere and as such must have originated from this area. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Steele, Nina - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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