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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.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
44.294/32
Find Information
Site Name: Llyn Cerrig Bach, Cae Ifan Farm
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)
minimum thickness
(mm): 11.9 (of handles)
Weight
(g): 859.7
thickness
(mm): 22.7 (at rivet)
Length
(mm): 420, 405 (of handles)
internal diameter
(mm): 39.0 (at mouth)
external diameter
(mm): 64.8 (at mouth)
Length
(mm): 85.0 (at mouth)
Material
Iron
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