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Description: | This object has a circular ring of approximately 28 to 29mm external diameter, the rod itself of 5mm thickness. From it extends a shaft 23mm long which is integrally cast-in with the loop, which has a shoulder midway down it. Below this an ovate ring of bronze surrounds the shaft, with a small knob or protrusion at either summit of the ovate loop. The end of the shaft, which apparently passes through this ring, emerges from it and is apparently capped with a bronze terminal of conical form, splaying out towards its flat end. The supposition is that the whole ring and shaft could at one time rotate laterally on the ovate link. The outer side of the main ring itself is worn down to about 3mm opposite the shaft, suggesting the abrasion of a chain link or other metalwork in contact with it. It is possibly connected with fittings of some kind for a horse, perhaps a post-mediaeval terret. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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