11-05-2014, 10:59 AM
Only pre-Roman that I know of....
possibly 1st century BC?:
From: "The Excavation of a Tumulus at Lexden, Colchester" Archaeologia vol LXXVI, size of the rings was said to be 1/4 inch outside dia but having seen them they looked smaller to me.....
" The links are made of fine wire butting the ends, not by welding or pinning" and this looked to be the case...
Possibly 3rd century BC?:
kirkburn mail from "Iron age Cemeteries in East Yorkshire" ring size 8.2-9.2mm outside dia, 1.5-1.9mm thick, again said to be "butt-jointed".....
both were heavily corroded as you might expect.
possibly 1st century BC?:
From: "The Excavation of a Tumulus at Lexden, Colchester" Archaeologia vol LXXVI, size of the rings was said to be 1/4 inch outside dia but having seen them they looked smaller to me.....
" The links are made of fine wire butting the ends, not by welding or pinning" and this looked to be the case...
Possibly 3rd century BC?:
kirkburn mail from "Iron age Cemeteries in East Yorkshire" ring size 8.2-9.2mm outside dia, 1.5-1.9mm thick, again said to be "butt-jointed".....
both were heavily corroded as you might expect.
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
