Rights Holder: All rights reserved
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: BM-D28487
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
A large, almost complete, iron cauldron or bucket handle, possibly dating to the Roman period. The handle comprises an arched, D-sectioned strip of iron. At each end, the strip tapers to form terminals which are broken and bent slightly outwards. Two flat plates are visible which presumably originally attached to the body of the cauldron. The hanger is 225mm wide, 140mm in height and a maximum of 20mm thick. The handle weighs 235 grams.
This is the largest of the Piercebridge handles, and may have been large enough to be used to carry or suspend a small cauldron or bucket (see Hanemann, 2014, Abb. 69-70, 74-5; Keppie, 1975, fig. 31, 15 for examples). Its slight omega shape is unusual for a Roman handle, however, and it is possible that this object is a modern or post-medieval kettle or coal scuttle handle.
Notes:
SF 4013. Seen 6.6.18
Class: Handle
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Height: 140 mm
Width: 225 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight: 235 g
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference: Box 21, Bag 1
4 Figure: NZ2115
Four figure Latitude: 54.52984883
Four figure longitude: -1.67701825
1:25K map: NZ2115
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.