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Medieval lead pig
With seven impressed stamps of square form depicting in raised outline a shield. The stamps may represent the simplified arms of the Prince of Wales and signify that the lead came from the Flintshire mines. Also bears the scratched lines of a merrell's board: three squares bisected by an outline cross. Originally circular in shape, but part of the ingot has been cut away. Of lenticular cross-section.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
38.635/2
Find Information
Site Name: Criccieth Castle, Gwynedd
Collection Method: chance find
Notes: found during clearance operations in the north west tower of the outer ward in the fallen debris
Acquisition
Donation, 6/10/1938
Measurements
diameter / mm:520
thickness / mm:93
width / mm:310 (board game)
width / mm:29 (stamp)
height / mm:33 (stamp)
Material
lead
Location
In store
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