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Prehistoric antler handle
Slightly curving length of antler tine, neatly trimmed and rounded at both ends, and now split longitudinally. THe centre of the cancellous tissue has been hollowed out from end to end and a patch of iron corrosions is encrusted inside the tube suggest it was a handle for a tanged iron implement. Similar handles are known from Early Iron Age sites such as Potterne (Lawson, 2000, 231,239) and All Cannings Cross (Cunnington, p106, PL.15).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
83.59H/39
Find Information
Site Name: Moel Hiraddug, Denbighshire
Grid Reference: SJ0678
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1960-1967
Notes: from excavations by Mr. M. Bevan-Evans. Exact findspot unknown.
Measurements
length / mm:66
diameter / mm:17
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