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Medieval stone ventilator grille mould valve
One half of a two part mould for the casting of a lead grille with Gothic tracery design. At the top are five runnels, discoloured by heat, through which the molten lead was poured. The edges are roughly cut, with many tool marks; also on the reverse
Stone mould for casting lead ventillator grilles, 1280s-1330s.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
77.38H
Find Information
Site Name: Neath Abbey, Neath
Notes: from the rubble stone fill of an 18th-century blocking of a late 15th / early-16th century alteration to a mid-13th century window at the south-west corner of the monks' porter undercroft
Measurements
length / mm:185.0
width / mm:145.0
thickness / mm:34.0
weight / g:1867.1
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