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Description: | A blacksmith-made iron object 50mm long by 31.5mm wide and 2.2mm thick. It consists primarily of an ovate or sub-circular plate 31mm in diameter with a central rivet or round-headed nail. The head is 8mm in diameter and the shank 4.5mm,and projects 9mm at the back of the plate. From one side of this plate a finger of iron 9mm wide projects 18mm, and on the opposite side a broader and thicker projection, which develops into a lateral prong (probably formerly a pair of prongs, before the object was corroded), rises at 90 degrees from the flat. Perhaps the most convicing explanation of the object is as part of a hinge for a chest or casket. This portion of the hinge would be the fixed part at the back of the upright box, and the 'prong' would be for the attachment of the 'long arm' part of the hinge as is commonly found supporting the lids of chests, etc. As such its date could be from any time from the Roman to the post-Mediaeval.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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