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Description: | A group of four iron nails of uncertain date. They are irregular in section, but tending towards a square section, which can indicate hand forging. However, handmade nails have not changed in design since the Roman period, and continued to be made well into the 19th century and beyond. It is unusual for such small pieces of iron to survive in the ground, perhaps suggesting that they cannot be more than a few hundred years old. The nails all have faceted heads, and two of them are large and chunky with a median band round the head.
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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