CRUCIBLES, MOULDS AND TUYERES FROM MUCKING, ESSEX

Author(s): Justine Bayley, David Dungworth

Excavations from 1965 to 1978 of the complex, multi-period landscape at Mucking, Essex produced examples of crucibles, moulds and tuyeres from Late Bronze Age to Anglo-Saxon contexts. The crucibles and moulds provide evidence for the casting of copper alloys on a fairly limited scale. One concentration of 8 crucibles and 7 moulds, associated with an Iron Age round house, is noted. The tuyeres vary in form and include types that are rare and even unknown in other parts of Britain; some were probably associated with iron working.

Report Number:
72/1999
Series:
AML Reports (New Series)
Pages:
22
Keywords:
Metal Working-non Fe

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