NMS Archaeology Object 14409: H.HY 94 - Clench bolt


Description

Summary


One of two clench bolts of iron, perhaps used in door construction, from Urquhart Castle, 13th - 17th century


Accession Number


H.HY 94


Other references

HAAQ Register Number
NMAS Loan Number
H.1955.866
Q.L.1923.94

Original description

Urquhart Castle. [One of] Collection of relics found during the restoration of the Castle by H.M. Office of Works - see Register for 1923 pp.53-63 and Loan Register 1923. 5-140. PSAS 112, 1982, 465-476. [One of] Clench bolts. Three were found with flat oval heads and slightly rhomboidal roves. Common on many medieval sites and probably not indicative of shipbuilding, but perhaps used in door construction. SD note, November 1999: Upgraded from PSAS.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1955-06-03

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Seafield Trustees
MacKenzie, Innes and Logan [Melville Street, Edinburgh]

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor
Agent

Image

Image of One of two clench bolts of iron, perhaps used in door construction, from Urquhart Castle, 13th - 17th century © National Museums Scotland
Image of One of two clench bolts of iron, perhaps used in door construction, from Urquhart Castle, 13th - 17th century © National Museums Scotland

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