This interesting stone was dug up 36 inches beneath ground in a bank by the river Windrush in the Cotswolds. Small Roman finds were in the same bank. Approx 15 inches square. One side is very weathered. This item has caused huge interest, with a number of emails, stating it has pagan origins, relating to sightseeing?
This tool has caused much discussion. There is a point at the rounded end of the handle. The links are forge made, with two links to every elongated link. The whole chain swivels around the handle and the last link, rather worn, appears to be an anchor link. Brick is nine inches long, so will give an idea of size.
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If you know what any of the items below are, send us an email.
If you know what any of the items below are, send us an email.
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Sugar tongs or what? (December 27 09) A reader has asked us to identify these tongs which came from The White Lion Hotel in Hadleigh, Suffolk; an old coaching house. He was born there some seventy years ago and left when he was twenty years old (We are told the White Lion has now been turned into accommodation).
The protruding piece on the handle seems to stop the hand slipping whilst in use.
The protruding piece on the handle seems to stop the hand slipping whilst in use.
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