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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy gland from a pipe which would have fitted one end of a metal pipe to another as it tapers from one aperture to the opposite side in diameter. The aperture is 15 mm in diameter on one side and 20 mm in diameter on the other, and the diameter of the entire gland is 30 mm, so they are metrically graduated, which suggests that the gland is relatively modern. The gland is sub-circular in plan, but slightly faceted and was probably originally hexagonal, but is now very worn and corroded. There are the remains of an external ridge running horizontally on the outer edge of the gland, and part of an internal ridge running horizontally along about half of the fragment. The gland was more likely fitted to a pipe rather than a cable, and the pipe may have been used in a water pump, perhaps as part of the quarrying process as there are old quarries nearby.
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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