Iron tyres from Iron Age burials at Wetwang, Yorkshire
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Nov 8, 2021
Abstract
In 1985 John Dent published a paper in Antiquity outlining the discovery and excavation of three cart burials at Wetwang, in Yorkshire. When the finds were conserved in the British Museum, a small sample was removed from each tyre for metallographic examination. The results were reported internally at the time. Recently the samples were revisited; those from Wetwang Burials 1 and 3 were found to be wrought iron, with phosphorus in both the metal and inclusions, while the sample from Burial 2 contained up to 0.8% carbon, distributed very inhomogeneously. The results are discussed in relation to other studies, and a working sequence is deduced. Shrinking a ring onto a wooden rod is described by David Sim in a brief note.
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How to Cite
Lang, J. (2021). Iron tyres from Iron Age burials at Wetwang, Yorkshire. Historical Metallurgy, 48(1 & 2), 8-15. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/84
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How to Cite
Lang, J. (2021). Iron tyres from Iron Age burials at Wetwang, Yorkshire. Historical Metallurgy, 48(1 & 2), 8-15. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/84