Object: Tongs
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, W.G. 1321, Given by J. Pierpont Morgan Esquire, (Greenwell Collection), 1909
Site: England, Durham, Stanhope, Heathery Burn Cave
Parish: Stanhope
County: County Durham
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 38.3
Width (mm): 0.2
Thickness (mm): 0.6
Weight (g): 61
Patina: brown
Surface: corroded
Associations: W.G. 1271-1383, 1386-1410 also 11.10.21. 1-54 + 65.2.7. 1-3,1 Cauldron, 7 spearheads, 1 Fragment sword, 7 Socketed Celts, 3 Cylinders, 3 Discs, 2 Daggers, 3 Socket-gouges, 2 Chisels, 1 Razor, 1 Tongs, 13 Pins, 12 Rings, 2 Bracelets, 1 Key, 1 Boss, 1 Bronze or copper cake
Description: Oblong section
Publications: Archaeologia LIV. 87