Object number
68/386/1-2
Description
A tie iron for supporting a roof truss. It consists of a long, flat bar of iron, bent up at one end and down at the other, with six punched holes, and an additional staple piece. It was removed from an eighteenth century barn at Paddocks Barn in Northfield, Surrey.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form – ‘TIE IRON // 68/386(2) // BUILDINGS Part // ... // IRON // Condition: Rusted. // Removed from C18th century barn at Paddocks Barn. // [pencil drawing]'
Production date
1700 - 1799
Object name
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9674.tif - High resolution image
