Object: Mould
Classification: Mould Valve No. 1 (loop to left)
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private - Lord Harlech
Site: Shropshire, Sellatyn, Oakhurst, Found 19 Sept. 1986 by Mr. Pearce whislt 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
Surface: Matrix and contact faces blackish green smooth pat.; reverse dull milkier green; scattered fine speckle corrosion; limited flaking / chipping at top of support.
Composition: See file
Associations: hoard
Description: Dimensions: Valve: L 121; max. W 54.0; max. B 21.7; Wt 220.6 - Matrix: L 89; We 44.3; Wm 36.7; Bm 19; Blp (min) 5; Lribs 33.5 - 34 - Gate support: W 29; D (excluding runnel) 14; reservoir: L 41; W 9.5; D 4.7, Typology: fine ribs on back unlikely to have been loop; loop matrix with asym. sub-triang. section; axe faces well bowed in cross-sec.; fairly sharp body angles; bulbous to biconical upper m-m; rounded rib sections; valve contact faces undulate in profile and are variably bevelled back to complement lips on valve 2; also 3 notches to receive tennons; reservoir has neat semi-circular section., Manufacture: see valve 2, Condition: seems intact, Metallurgy-Analyst: D Hook, Bibliog. BBA 1258
Remarks: AFI: check, DF: S, Rec. SN Jan. 91, Source Sb. A.