Record ID: NCL-D53584
Object type: BOLTHEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bolthead for use with a catapult. The head is of triangular section as opposed to the more usual square sectioned type (see Bishop and Coulston for examples). The upper half of the head is curved, probably through use, and the tip is missing. The break appears to have occured in antiquity as it has the same brown patina as the rest of the object. The section of the socket is a nonagon (three faces emerging from beneath each of the three faces of the head), and appears almost oval. The socket is also incomplete, being broken across the rivet hole which would hav…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
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