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Iron Age iron tongs
The handles are rounded in section becoming rectangular as the jaws are approached, one is shorter than the other.
Blacksmith's long tongs, 300 BCE-100 CE.
Gefel haearn, 300 CC-100 OC.
WA_SC 11.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
44.294/32
Find Information
Site Name: Llyn Cerrig Bach, Cae Ifan Farm
Grid Reference: SH 306 765
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1942-1943
Notes: Objects disturbed by the construction of an airfield at RAF Station Valley
Acquisition
purchase, 13/10/1944
Measurements
length / mm:540 (overall)
maximum width / mm:14.5 (of handles)
width / mm
minimum thickness / mm:11.9 (of handles)
thickness / mm
weight / g:859.7
thickness / mm:22.7 (at rivet)
length / mm:420, 405 (of handles)
internal diameter / mm:39.0 (at mouth)
diameter / mm
external diameter / mm:64.8 (at mouth)
diameter / mm
length / mm:85.0 (at mouth)
Techniques
Forged
Material
Iron
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Llyn Cerrig Bach
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