Record ID: HESH-2A4F63
Object type: CUTTING EQUIPMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Forged and wrought iron tool of unknown date. The tool is likely to be a small wood-working flat adze or a large flat chisel. It is most likely to date from either the Roman period (100-450 AD) or the medieval periods (1200-1500). The tool is an irregular shape in plan with a large semi-circular – crescent shaped cutting blade which tapers into slender sub-triangular tang with straight sides. The tang terminates in a rounded butt. In profile the tool is triangular and in cross section it is an irregular D shape. This cross section is formed from one side of the tbe blade being flat a…
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.