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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 03 SE 103 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Surface find of a medieval flesh hook |
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Summary
Surface find of a medieval flesh hook in Newchurch Parish.
| Grid Reference: | TR 061 322 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR03SE |
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| Parish: | NEWCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- FLESH HOOK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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A medieval Flesh hook picked up from a ploughed field. The socketed hook, 21cm long, has three curled prongs at it's tip at right angles to the shaft. A pin, for holding the socket on to a wooden handle, is still in place near the base of the socket which ios 2.5cm in diameter.
According to the London Museum Medieval Catalogue, flesh hooks were kept near the domestic hearth to pull cooked meat out of the cooking pot or couldron(1-2)
<1> Vale, J, 1989, Archaeological notes from the Kent county museum service (Article in serial). SKE16139.
<2> Romney Marsh Research Trust, 2010, Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010 (Unpublished document). SKE16034.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Vale, J. 1989. Archaeological notes from the Kent county museum service. Arch Cant 108 410-415. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Romney Marsh Research Trust. 2010. Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010. |
