Castrating iron
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Copper alloy, Iron, Wood
Measurements
39 mm (Width); 30 mm (Diameter); 420 mm (Length)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 552871
Summary
Castrating iron - Metal (ferrous) cleaver shaped blade set onto long metal handle, terminating in turned wooden grip and fixed with copper alloy strip. Possible sooting on end, heated in fire?
Provenance
Purchased as part of Geler Jones Collection in 1994.