Linch pin
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Measurements
95 mm (Width); 95 mm (Length)
Collection
Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
NT 73669
Summary
Large iron linch pin - off a waggon, or possibly small well-dredging anchor - looped for rope. Early villa guides described this as 'curious but well-forged object of iron' Villa guide of 1925 describes it as 'small (?)well-dredging anchor looped for rope; or (?) some carriage fitting'.