Record ID: ESS-E873D5
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy nail dating to the Roman period (43 - 400 AD). The nail has a solid plano-convex head and a tapering shank with a sub rectangular cross section. The nail measures 38mm in length. The nail possibly came from a piece of furniture and similar nails were excavated in Colchester, as illustrated by Crummy (1983: 115) Fig. 116.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.