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Description: | A large iron object, 168mm long and 47.5mm wide, which may be a hammer head and is possibly medieval in date. The object is shaped into an elongated lozenge, with a sub-rectangular cross-section. It is perforated in the centre by a hole, which is 22mm long and 11mm wide on one side of the hammer, narrowing to c15mm in diameter on the reverse. The irregularity of the hole, and the way in which the iron bulges around it, suggest that the object may be hand-made. The iron is a dark orange-brown and is heavily corroded and flaky. Possible parallels include ferrous and non-ferrous medieval hammer heads from York, used for metalworking (Ottaway & Rogers 2002: 2718, 3083).
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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