1884.138.19.4

Collection type

Object

Description

Iron horseshoe nail

Long description

Iron horseshoe nail with semicircular head [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] "Outer rampart" "2 feet 10 inches beneath crest of"

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Medieval

Date collected

1878 June 10

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Metal, Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)

Dimensions

Thick: max 5 mm, Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 30 mm, Weight 3 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.138.19.4 PR no.: ?615/ 12191

Research and responses

Described by Pitt-Rivers (1883: 463) as "An iron nail of horse-shoe; found in body of Outer Rampart, June 10th.", and illustrated as Fig. 14 on Plate XVIII [CG [Excav. PR] 14/02/2013][Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Further information and research notes on this site compiled in the 1970s by Revd. AH Gibson are held at Folkestone Library (see correspondence and copies of Gibson's notes in RDF) [JC 7.11.96]

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 Fig. 14 on Plate XVIII. [Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Search terms: Tool, Animal Gear, Nail, Animal-shoe, Horse Accessory