Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Crow bar
A crowbar used to lever and move block of slate after being blasted form the rock face. Use by a rock man (creigiwr).
In Welsh a crowbar is known as a ‘trosol’ in the slate quarrying areas of Dyffryn Nantlle and Blaenau Ffestiniog, and as a ‘wif’ in the Dyffryn Peris area.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2015.71/22
Acquisition
Donation, 6/10/2015
Measurements
Length (mm): 1031
Height (mm): 20
Weight (kg): 4
Material
iron
Location
In store
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