Bronze catchplate of a casket, length 3.8cm. Flat piece of bronze with one end curved, having a rivet hole punched through (for bronze rivet now missing), then expanding to a triangular point, before which is a sub-rectangular aperture 9mm long, with many traces of iron about it. Faussett's illustration shows this plate with a staple through it, doubtless of iron.
History
Grave ID
Kingston Down Grave 299
Object ID
M6556
Catalogue Number
M 6556
Material
copper alloy (Sonia Hawkes Material Notes; bronze) (Antiquarian Material; brass)