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Early Medieval bone peg
Crudely carved bone peg, representative of a group of nine such pegs. Two appear to have been whittled out of broken pins, but the remainder were probably carved from slivers of bone. They range in length from 30mm to 15mm. They may have been intended for playing a board game like that for which a board was found at Ballinderry No. 1. They occur principally at the northern end of the site.
May be the point from a pin.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/F.6.5
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XXII, Layer 2. Context ?
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:33
width / mm:4.5 > 2.5
thickness / mm:3 > 2
Material
bone
Techniques
carved
cut
Location
In store
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