1884.9.8

Collection type

Object

Description

Fragment of an iron shoe spade. [JC [OPS Move] 20/1/2017]

Long description

Fragment of an iron shoe spade. It consists of a tapering rectangular piece of metal, which is partially holllow with a V-shaped section. Extending from one end is a bent rectangular fitting. [JC [OPS Move] 20/1/2017]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Greater London City of London EC2 London Wall Gooch and Cousens wool warehouse "in peat at 22 feet"

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date

Date collected

1866 Dec 10

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)

Dimensions

Length: max 265 mm, Width: max 60 mm, Thick: max 18 mm, Weight 50 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.9.8 PR Cat other PR nos: 3721

Research and responses

Pitt Rivers excavated part of London Wall in October - December 1866. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications

Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

Search terms: Agriculture and Horticulture, Tool, Spade, Agricultural Tool