From Coldingham Priory, Berwickshire
This wooden hilt belonging to a small knife was found at Coldingham Priory in Berwickshire. It dates from around 1500. The knife would have been placed in a pocket in a scabbard.
Wooden hilt of a knife which was kept in a pocket in the scabbard of ballock knife or dagger LC 104 A, found at Coldingham Priory, Berwickshire, c. 1500
The hilt belonged with a ballock knife - a popular medieval type so called because of the distinctive form of the hilt.
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