bar
- Museum number
- 1995,0901.42
- Description
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Iron bar of square cross-section, one end flattened to form an ovoid terminal with ovid hole pierced through.
- Production date
- 9thC-10thC
- Dimensions
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Width: 7 - 9 millimetres (shaft)
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Length: 175 millimetres
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Width: 20 millimetres (terminal)
- Curator's comments
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Part of a large loosely associated group from one site.
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Bibliography:
Edwards, B. J. N., 2002. A Group of Pre-Conquest Metalwork from Asby Winderwath Common. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Third Series, Volume II, pp. 111-144
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Acquisition notes
- Found by Mr Wilson and companions using metal-detectors and shown to the Keeper of Archaeology at Scunthorpe Muesum, K. Leahy who forwarded details to the British Museum.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1995,0901.42