Record ID: WMID-B4D4F5
Object type: TUMBREL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy trebuchet or tumbrel-type folding coin balance, of Medieval dating (AD 1300 to AD 1450). Approximately 25% of the tumbrel is present, consisting of half of the vertical arm casing / hinge. The balance arm is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. At one end of the frame is a terminal in the form of an animal's head, nostrils are represented by recessed circular depressions. The muzzle and head are clearly represented. It is a rectangular sectioned bar, its underside hollowed, links the terminal with the hinge mechanism by which the balance arm was artic…
Created on: Tuesday 21st May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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