Making Pteruges (or at least trying to make Pteruges!)

[Tarbicus]

I thought the jury was very much out on that shield; about whether it was Roman or not? I've certainly seen it described as 'equivocal'.

More likely Roman though, eh ?
Boss with four equally spaced rivets are not always roman in origin, but they are the usually found in roman contexts (not Iron age ones). There are also the rivet sizes. Of course, it was also pulled out of a Roman fort, beneath the Antonine defences.

I'm just going by what archaeologists say. It's also inconclusive as to whther the organic covering was leather or rawhide. Sorry Madoc, but I can't be quite as confident as you are about its origins or construction.