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Description: | Large iron bolt with mushroom-shaped head. Both Falconer's 'Marine Dictionary' (1780) and Thomas Blanckley's 'Naval Expositor' (1750)contain small drawings of a similar object. According to the 'Naval Expositor' these are 'fender' or 'chain' bolts. Unfortunately, we cannot tell if the object is complete or not. If the other end of the shaft contained a slot then we could say that it was a 'chain' bolt, if however, the shaft had no slot then we would call it a 'fender' bolt. There is no slot in the remaining shaft, so it could possibly be a 'fender' bolt. These bolts were driven into the side timbers of a ship to help prevent any impact damage to these timbers and this could help explain the large mushroom-shape of the head. It is also possible that bolts like these were used to protect the timbers in wharfs and quaysides.Diameter of head is 74mm,and shaft diameter is 20mm. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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