Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 249: Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology; Papers 52-54 on Archeology
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20. Small tool of uncertain purpose, perhaps an awl. Broad and flat
at one end, in the manner of a screwdriver or drill shank, and
becoming round-sectioned and narrowing to a point at the other
end. T.N. 30.
21. Iron spoon bit with flattened shank terminal. Spoon
convexo-concave in section, saucered upwards at the lower end
to the same height as the walls of the trough, and terminating
in a worm or twist of two surviving revolutions.[138] T.N. 23.
22. Iron quillon and knuckle bow mounting from sword.[139] T.N. 23.
FIGURE 16. BUILDERS HARDWARE AND OTHER METAL ITEMS
1. An object of uncertain purpose, made from sheet iron rolled at
the sides over a wire to provide round-sectioned edges and more
roughly folded for the same purpose at the lower edge. The
central hole has been deliberately cut. The object, whose shape
resembles the terminal from a cheekpiece of a snaffle bit, has
been broken at the narrow end, suggesting that it was too light
in construction to have been intended for such a purpose. T.N.
19.
2. Tang and part of blade from an iron sickle. Blade is triangular
in section, and the cutting edge commences approximately 2-1/2
in. from the haft. T.N. 23.
3. Blade fragment from sickle of larger size than the above,
triangular in section, and bearing some indication that the
back has been hammered. T.N. 17.
4. Front plate and part of mechanism of bag-shaped padlock. The
keyhole cover is now missing but originally it was hinged, and
not pivoting as has been common on locks since the second half
of the 18th century.[140] The bolt, which survives, is fitted
with a spring at the rear and has two wards projecting from its
midsection. T.N. 27.
5. Chest or coffin handle, iron. Handhold is 1/2 in. in width at
its widest point and tapers at either end. The terminals, of
disk form, serve to hold the handle at right angles to the wood
of the chest. Such handles were attached by means of cotter
pins. The form was common in the 17th century.[141] T.N. 24.
6. Iron spike of large size, measuring 5-5/8 in. in (surviving)
length, 1/2 in. by 7/16 in. at the broken top, and
approximately 1/2 in. by 1/4 in. at the bottom. This was the
largest spike found on the site. T.N. 22.
7. Iron spike with heavy square head. Length 4-3/4 in.; shaft at
head measures 7/16 in. by 5/16 in. and is spatula-ended. T.N.
23.
8. Ring-headed bolt. Collar beneath the loop, with the shaft
round-sectioned and 1-13/16 in. of threading above the
pyramidical point. The nut measures approximately 7/8 in. by
5/8 in.[142] T.N. 17.
9. Iron bolt or rivet with large thin head 1-1/4 in. in
diameter; shaft end probably broken. T.N. 23.