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Title: can you help? Post by: handyman [Alan} on September 29, 2012, 08:05:38 AM Hi everyone ... mrs h has been approached by someone at work to see if she knew anyone who could come up with an answer as to what this object is.
Her friend has recently moved into an old house, and this was left behind by the previous owners. Naturally, her friend is puzzled by the object. all ideas will be passed on ........... [sensible ones, that is! ;D ;D] Title: Re: can you help? Post by: Radnor Bandit (Ian) on September 29, 2012, 08:20:32 AM Id say a bit of old carved gate post with a stone cannon ball stuck on it
Title: Re: can you help? Post by: ysbytymike on September 29, 2012, 08:30:15 AM Saw something very similar on Time Team last night, only much smaller that also had carvings on it. They said it was Roman and because of its size, it was some kind of portable
alter where the person away from home could conduct prayers to the gods. This is much larger but is similar in shape and the fact it also has carvings? Just a thought. Title: Re: can you help? Post by: Mike on September 29, 2012, 08:45:14 AM Id say a bit of old carved gate post with a stone cannon ball stuck on it i agree , on right side os stone there is a hole /slot that a gate latch could slide into , i would say its a section from a gate post or a whole gate post with most of it below ground Title: Re: can you help? Post by: Chef Geoff on September 29, 2012, 09:13:38 AM Are you 100% it's not concrete????
Title: Re: can you help? Post by: celticspikey on September 29, 2012, 02:26:11 PM Hi everyone ... mrs h has been approached by someone at work to see if she knew anyone who could come up with an answer as to what this object is. Looks like a victorian gate post pillar, with possibly the rest of it beneath the ground unless a bit is broken of.Her friend has recently moved into an old house, and this was left behind by the previous owners. Naturally, her friend is puzzled by the object. all ideas will be passed on ........... [sensible ones, that is! ;D ;D] Could be that the hole on the side was were the hinges was fixed may be with lead ? in wich case if complete you should find another one below ground. Or e-mail a picture to a reclamation yard for an id ;) Title: Re: can you help? Post by: Meatslicer on September 29, 2012, 03:38:50 PM The main body of the pillar looks like cast concrete about the same age as the stone flower container beside it. The "ball" object looks like stone and seems older, maybe the top of a gate post?
Eric Title: Re: can you help? Post by: handyman [Alan} on September 29, 2012, 05:53:33 PM thanks for the feedback and comments. I have emailed the lady concerned and invited her to join in the thread to answer any questions posed.
many thanks for taking the time to comment cheers everyone Title: Re: can you help? Post by: herbie on September 29, 2012, 06:28:37 PM Love it what ever it is, but the decoration looks a bit art nouveau to me
Herbie. Title: Re: can you help? Post by: peanut on September 29, 2012, 06:59:13 PM Are you 100% it's not concrete???? ;D ;D looks like concrete to me too but difficult to say. I'm afraid it definitely isn't a lost Roman sarcophagus ;D ;D ;D . By the design I would say turn of the century perhaps? looks like the start of some sort of plaque just beneath the earth ;) Probably says 42 The Grange ;D ;D ;D |