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Description: | A socketed iron hammer head, missing its handle. The hammer head is slightly bowed and is blunt at each end. There is a sub-rectangular socket in the centre for attachment of a handle. The socket measures 19.5 mm long and 7.8 mm wide and is orientated to with its longest side along the length of the hammer head. The hammer head measures 114.6 mm long, 23.4 mm wide and 18.7 mm thick. It weighs 240.3 grams. The date of the tool is not certain, although it is likely to be medieval to post-medieval in date. Other objects recovered from the area in which the tool was found include medieval tile and pottery and post-medieval pottery and glass.
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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