Object: Mould
Classification: Mould Valve No. 2 (loop to right)
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private - Lord Harlech
Site: Shropshire, Sellatyn, Oakhurst, Found 19 Sept. 1986 by Mr. Pearce whilst metal-detecting. The find was in 'shaley' soil about 8" below ground level, lying horizontally
Discovery context: metal detector
Parish: Clungunford
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SJ 2887 3127
Year of discovery: 1986
Associations: hoard
Description: Dimensions: Valve: L 126; max.W 63.2; max.B 22.5; Wt 223.4 - Matrix: L 90; We 44.3; Wm 37.7; Bm (excluding contact lips) 17; Blp 5.5 (min.); Lribs 37.5 - Gate support: W 33.5; D (excluding runnel) 12 - Reservoir: L 44.3; W 12; D 5, Typology: As for valve 1, except: contact faces with concave inner parts and surrounding prominent lip to enclose valve 1; three bulb-tennons on insides of lip for registration; notch between matrix and reservoir - ? made in post-cast working, Manufacture: Curious flattened irregular ridge across ear of valve 2 likely due to flaw in original mould rather than secondary casting on - no sign of it on matrix side; copious grinding marks along matrices and transverse in mouldings, cutting edge and reservoir (ie consistently longitudinal); rest of surfaces mainly rough cast with variable smoothing from wear., Condition: Hole through very thin wall of reservoir likely partly damage, but possibly also miscast., Surface: condition of surface sim. to valve 1; small patch of matrix  copperly brown; limited flaking on top of support and other edges.
Publications: Bibliog. BBA 1259
Remarks: Metallurgy - Analyst: D R Hook, Bibliog. BBA 1259, Composition: see file, AFI: check, DF: S, Rec.: SN Jan. 91, Source Sb. A.