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Early Medieval iron knife blade
Tip of a curved blade from a bill hook or sickle, the precise form much obscured by rusty accretions. Comparable bill-hooks, both socketed and tanged, occur at Lagore (fig 39, A and B) and Cahercommaun (Fig 31, 368).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/B.9
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 7; Cut XVIII, Layer 5. Context B/C B: Reddish clay or soil with angular rubble or gravel, all with an unweathered freshly qurried appearance; very little bone or other rubbish. C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds.
Measurements
length / mm:66
width / mm:18
thickness / mm:2
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