Record ID: LANCUM-1F3187
Object type: FISH HOOK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper object, made from circular-section wire which tapers from about 6mm in diameter at a blunt, squared-off wider end to about 4mm immediately below, then gently tapers to c. 3mm at the curve. It curves around a little over 180 degrees to form a hook which measures in total c. 42mm long by 24mm wide. The tip is pointed and has no barb; there is no hole or eye for attachment at the blunt end. This object is strikingly similar to an object known as a fish hook, now in the British Museum (1989,0601.225), which was apparently found in the 'Batheaston' hoard of Bronze Age and Iron …
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
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