Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

arm (externally) 48.5 mm.
4080 Fig 130 SF BKC 6018, J176 F32. Pit. Periods 5c/6. Iron. A
right-angled fitting. No nails or rivets can be distinguished.
Both ends are damaged. Length of long arm (externally)
113.0mm, length of short arm 48.0mm.
Fig 130 Brackets or tie-strips (1:2)
HINGE FITTINGS (Fig 131; 4085-4097)
Almost complete loop hinges from the first Butt Road
box are illustrated in Fig 90.
4088 Fig 131 SF BKC 4234, N218 F75. Timber-lined drain.
Backfilled late Period 5b2 or early 6. A copper-alloy strap
hinge plate. Length 67.0mm. Width 27.0mm.
4096 Fig 131 SF BKC 4716(C), T462 L26. Floor of sandy clay.
Period 2. A unit from a bone hinge, with one peg hole.
Length 34.0 mm, diameter 20.0 mm. Illustrated descriptions
of the manufacture and method of use of bone hinges can be
found in Fremersdorf 1940, Schmid 1968, and Waugh and
Goodburn 1972.
4097 Fig 131 SF BKC 3631(C), J373 L33. Dump. Periods 3/4/5a.
Probably a spacer unit from a bone hinge. Three triangular
section grooves have been cut into the surface, one at one
end, two at the other. These grooves are filled with a black
substance, except for part of the single groove where the
filling has either fallen out or been removed. This black
substance is perhaps the same as that described in Schmid
1968 (191-2) as beeswax mixed with ivory black, which was
used to fill the grooves in some hinge units from Augst.
Between the grooves the piece is waisted in profile. Length
12.0mm, diameter 25.5mm.
COLLARS AND FERRULES (Fig 132;
4098-4107)
Collars of copper alloy were used both to strengthen
an object at a weak point, possibly a join between two
parts, and to some extent as decoration. Some bone
knife handles show traces of copper alloy at the end
nearest the blade where a collar was fixed (2915).
Ferrules were used to protect the ends of objects, in
particular wooden ones, such as modern walking
sticks. Iron collars from water-mains are catalogued
under Category 9.
4101 Fig 132 SF BKC 1404(C), E544 L124. Levelling. Period 2.
Three fragments of a very corroded collar with slightly
thickened rim at one end. One fragment only is illustrated.
Length 11.5mm, diameter approximately 25.0mm.
4103 Fig 132 SF BKC 2399(C), G365. Periods 2 to 5. A very
corroded collar with an incised groove near one end, and
possibly two at the other end. Length 10.5mm, diameter
21.5mm.
4104 Fig 132 SF BKC 2978(C), K77 F15. Gully/ditch. Period 6. A
fragment of a collar of D-shaped section with thickened
F~ig 131 Hinge fittings (1:1)
Fig 132 Collars and ferrule (1:1)
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