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Early Medieval iron ferrule
Socketed object, badly rusted and exfoliated. The longitudinal section is asymmetrical or keeled, thecross-section is rounded triangle. THis is apparently too small for a plough tip, but it could conceivably be a ferrule or tip for the tine od a wooden hay fork. Examples of such iron-shod wooden forks may be seen, for instance in the display of Breton agricultural implements in Rennes Museum.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/B.13
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XVII, Layer 6. Context U U: Unstratified. The objects box is marked layer 13 (this may be a mistype as it is also it's publication number).
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:49
diameter / mm:16
thickness / mm:2
Material
iron
Techniques
forged
Location
In store
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