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1884.138.19.6

Iron horseshoe nail

1884.138.19.6

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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"
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 6 mm, Width: max 6 mm, Length: max 23 mm, Weight 4 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.138.19.6 PR no.: ?615/ 12191
Research and responses

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 [Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

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

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