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Iron Age antler handle
Beam of a red deer worked to form the mount for a large tool or as a structural fitting of some kind. The brow tine has been cut short and hollowed to form a socket. The beam has been split longitudinally partway along its length to form a stop and has a perforation.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
69.165/62
Find Information
Site Name: Dinorben, Parc-y-meirch
Grid Reference: SH 968 757
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1969
Notes: from the excavations in the hillfort
Acquisition
Donation, 17/7/1969
Measurements
maximum length / mm:255
length / mm
maximum width / mm:68.2
width / mm
perforation / mm:22
weight / g:411.2
Material
antler
Location
In store
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