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1884.138.41.1

Iron handle fragment

1884.138.41.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron handle fragment
Long description
Twisted iron bar loop with 40% of one side missing. The loop comes to a point with perforation. [CG [Excav. PR] 24/01/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Kent Shepway Folkestone Castle Hill [Caesar's Camp] "Pit 2" "12 feet 6 inches deep"
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Medieval
Date collected
1878 June 5
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Width: max 8 mm, Length: max 16 mm, Weight 37 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.138.41.1 Other numbers: 41 PR no.: 628/ 12191
Research and responses

Described by Pitt-Rivers (1883: 463) as "Loop of twisted iron; found 12 feet 6 inches (3-812 m.) deep in Pit 2, June 5th.", and as "a piece of twisted iron resembling the sides of the loop (ibid.: 445). Illustrated as Figure 10, Plate XVIII (ibid.). Note that in the illustration by Pitt-Rivers the loop appears to be more complete indicating that part of the object has broken since excavation; this piece has not been located" [CG [Excav. PR] 24/01/2013][Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Associated publications
Pitt-Rivers, A.H.L.F. 1883. Excavations at Caesar’s Camp, near Folkestone conducted in 1878. Archaeologia 47: 429-465 - illustrated as Plate XVIII, Figure 10 [Dan Hicks 19/03/2013]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Unidentified Object

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