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Roman iron socketed chisel
Heavy chisel with a distinct shoulder between a conical socket and a rectangular-sectioned blade. Edge formed by a bevel on one side.
Iron mortise chisel, 75-200 CE. Found at Brecon Gaer Roman fort, south Wales.
SC5.2
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.212/4.
Find Information
Site Name: Brecon Gaer, Powys
Grid Reference: SO 02 NW
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1924-1925
Notes: context unrecorded
Acquisition
Donation, 18/10/1923
Measurements
length / mm:243
width / mm:27.4
thickness / mm:29.4
weight / g:389.4
Material
iron
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Iron Tools
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