Excavations In Cranborne Chase Near Rushmore On The Borders Of Dorset And Wilts

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...hob-nail of shoe with square shank. Found in Section 2, Bokerly Dyke. Fig. 22.--Iron ring: thickness, 02 inch; exterior diameter, 13 inch. Found on the old surface line, Section 2, Bokerly Dyke. Fig. 23.--Iron ring: thickness, 0'14 inch; exterior diameter, 11 inch. Found on the old surface line, Section 2, Bokerly Dyke; 38 in Section 2, south-east half, Plate CLXIV. Fig. 24.--Iron door hook, to carry the hinge of a door: greatest diameter, 038 inch. Found on the old surface line, Section 2, Bokerly Dyke. Similar staples were found at Woodcuts, Vol. I., p. 87, and also at Rotherley. Fig. 25.--Iron rod of unknown use, having a knob at one end, the part nearest to which is square, with 02 inch sides for a space of 202 inches, and the remainder twisted for 296 inches, then square again for 0'3 inch, after which it is twisted again the reverse way, for 284 inches; then square again for 0'4 inch, and after this twisted again to the end. Total length, 108 inches. It is sharply bent, and partly broken through in two places. Found in the silting of the ditch, Section 1, Bokerly Dyke. Fig. 26.--Iron cleat for fastening wood or leather. Found on the old surface line, Section 2, Bokerly Dyke. Seventeen in all were found in the two Sections. Similar cleats were found at Woodcuts and Rotherley, at the former of which places they were associated with the iron hob-nails at the feet of Skeleton No. 1. See Vol. II., pp. 132 and 190. Fig. 27.--Ditto, ditto. Found in soil thrown out of ditch, Section 1, Bokerly Dyke. Fig. 28.--Ditto, ditto. Found in soil thrown out of ditch, Section 1, Bokerly Dyke. Fig. 29.--Ditto, ditto. This specimen is curved as if to fit some rounded surface. Found in the ditch, Section 1, Bokerly Dyke. Fig. 30.--Ditto, ditto. Found on...

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