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Description: | Copper alloy Surveying Chain Marker or Gunter's Link, as kindly identified by Tom Redmayne, correcting an initially erroneous identification by this reporter.Cast flat-backed palmate object with four short 'fingers'; a round hole partially remaining at one end served for attachment. Diagonal file marks appear across what is taken to be the display face; this and all remaining edges are lightly smoothed by wear. This object marked an inrterval in a surveyors chain, as used for the measurement of parcels of land. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1875.Length: 30mm, Width: 36.5mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 4.87gms.
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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