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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
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1969
Notes: from the excavations in the hillfort
Acquisition
donation, 17/7/1969
Measurements
maximum length
(mm): 255
maximum width
(mm): 68.2
perforation
(mm): 22
Weight
(g): 411.2
Material
Antler
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