Castleshaw wooden crossguard and pommel
Wooden finds from Castleshaw Roman fort, late first cent. AD.
Top: despite being identified as a possible pommel, this looks more like the crossguard of a Roman sword (6.7 x 4.6 cm).
Right: pommel. Identified as a Roman dagger pommel, it probably belonged to a sword (4.6 x 4.3 cm).
Left: fragment of oak (7.5 x 4.5 cm).
In The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, UK. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uLf_h8NFma7jEUpc7dmVbX67C... (nos 194, 197 and 196)
Castleshaw wooden crossguard and pommel
Wooden finds from Castleshaw Roman fort, late first cent. AD.
Top: despite being identified as a possible pommel, this looks more like the crossguard of a Roman sword (6.7 x 4.6 cm).
Right: pommel. Identified as a Roman dagger pommel, it probably belonged to a sword (4.6 x 4.3 cm).
Left: fragment of oak (7.5 x 4.5 cm).
In The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, UK. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uLf_h8NFma7jEUpc7dmVbX67C... (nos 194, 197 and 196)