- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Iron nail
- Geographical reference
- England Kent Shepway Folkestone Castle Hill [Caesar's Camp]
- 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
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 9 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 38 mm, Weight 7 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.138.20.12 PR no.: ?638/ 12191 ?627/ 12191
- Research and responses
Thirteen nails found in various parts of the camp. [.1] found 32 feet deep in well; [.2] found on old surface line under rampart; [.3 - .4] found 19 feet deep in well (627/, 627a/ 12191); [.5 - .7] outer ditch; [.8] found in filling; [.9] T-headed horseshoe nail; [.10 - .13] other nails.
- 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]
1884.138.20.12
Iron nail
1884.138.20.12
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