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Medieval / Post-Medieval iron bill hook
Agricultural iron billhook, would have had a wooden handle, the iron collar for which is 80.46H/2.2 A medieval context is not absolutely certain, for, while it is clear that the form of this type of tool has not changed greatly since Roman times, there are few published examples of manifestly medieval date.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
80.46H/2.1
Find Information
Site Name: Radyr, Cardiff
Grid Reference: ST1280
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1975 / Mar - Apr
Notes: excavated by Mr. P.V. Webster, from a building site west of Radyr Parish Church
Acquisition
Donation, 29/8/1980
Measurements
maximum length / mm:39.1
length / mm
length / mm:20.4 (blade)
maximum thickness / mm:11 (blade)
thickness / mm
maximum width / mm:54.4 (blade)
width / mm
thickness / mm:14 (tang)
Material
iron
Location
In store
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