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Roman iron linch pin
Iron linch-pin used to hold a wheel on an axle. This linch pin is of the most typical style often found in Britain. It has a spatulate-head with a turned-over loop at the top of the oval head. The lower part of the stem may have a slight rebate at the back, but it is not sufficiently well preserved for this to be certain.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.10H/4.3
Find Information
Site Name: Usk Detention Centre, Usk
Grid Reference: SO 3801 0057
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1967
Notes: from a nineteenth century levelling containing much redeposited Roman material
Measurements
length / mm:170.0
width / mm:48.0 (across head)
thickness / mm:12.0
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