|
Date: |
|
Description: | Iron gouge, probably for woodworking. The gouge has a rectangular sectioned handle which widens out into a wider, flatter, rectangular blade with a raised stop at the end of the blade where it meets the handle. The blade gradually thins and curves with the tip being an arc of about one third of a circle. The handle is 31.1 by 28.8mm; the blade 45.9 by 15.4mm at the top and 46.8 by 4.3mm at the tip. It is 115mm long and weighs 691 grams. Iron tools are very hard to date as they often stay the same, functional shape for long periods. Surrounding finds may suggest a Roman date. Manning (1985) publishes a range of Roman iron chisels and gourges, the gouges all have circular sectioned blades and he suggets solid handle gouges are rare in this period although they do exist(p.25 No.B48). He publishes several mortise chisels that are very similar to this object (e.g. p.34, No.B39) with rectangular hafts and blades and stop ridges. This could perhaps be a chisel modified for use as a gouge.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
Gouge
Iron gouge, probably for woodworking.…
-
KNIFE
Medieval - Post Medieval iron…
-
HOARD
A hoard of c.114 Bronze…
-
CHISEL
Cast copper-alloy (bronze) tanged chisel…
-
Chisel
Cast copper-alloy tanged chisel of…
-
CHISEL
Cast copper-alloy tanged chisel of…
-
axehead
Early Bronze Age cast copper…
-
AXEHEAD
Early Bronze Age cast copper…
-
AXEHEAD
Early Bronze Age cast copper…
-
|