Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

(Fig 130; 4077-4084)
BRACKETS OR TIE-STRIPS
4077 SF BKC 1009, D376. Town ditch fill. Late Period 6 or Anglo-Saxon.
Iron. Flat strip. 169.0 mm long. 16.5 mm wide, 9.0 mm thick. Both ends
are damaged. Each end appears to widen out around a large perforation.
4078 SF BKC 4850(C), E221 F536. Pier base robber backfill. Period 6. A
fragment of a flat strip. 60.5 mm long, 38.0 mm wide, 2.5 mm thick.
There is a rivet hole in the centre of the fragment.
4081 SF BKC 6017. J218. Pit material. Modern or Periods 5-6? Iron. A
right-angled fitting similar to Fig 130. 4079 but both ends are damaged.
Length of largest surviving arm (externally) 68.0 mm.
4082 SF BKC 6005. H478 F123. Foundation? Period 5b2. Iron. A more or less
flat strip. rectangular in section. 9.0 by 30.0 mm. Length 156.0 mm.
4083 SF BKC 4551(C), T25 F15. Pit. Period 5 (a or) b. Iron. A fragment of
a flat sheet of iron (2.0 mm thick) with two contiguous straight edges at
right angles and a curving edge running up towards the longer (98.0 mm)
of the two straight edges. There are two studs or rivets set 8.0 mm in
from the longest edge.
4084 SF BKC 5150. T456. Rests on natural. Period 1. Iron. A distorted thin
strip, rectangular in section, varying in width. Approximately 200.0 mm
long.
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