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On the basis of context, could they be reflectors, such as used to guide
a vehicle into a gate or garage at night?
Marty Pickands
NYS Museum
>>> [log in to unmask] 11/07/06 2:27 PM >>>
We have been evaluating a site in Anne Arundel County, Maryland which,
according to records, was first constructed in 1820. Currently the
site
consists of a basement constructed of fieldstone and the poured
concrete
foundations of later additions. The structure was occupied through
most of
the 20th century and burned in the 1960s. It was vacant/empty at that
time.
Close interval shovel testing has resulted in the recovery of
substantial
quantities of architectural metal (i.e. nails of all types) and little
else.
The point being - that we recovered two rusted iron ring-like things
with
glass (now melted) insets. The exterior dimension of the ring is 2
inches.
The interior diameter is 1 3/4 inches. The extensions for the nails
are 1/4
inch. The wire nails are 2 1/4 inches. The glass appears to have been
aqua
in color and quiet thick.
My first thought is that they are lighting fixtures of some type but I
have
never run up on anything like it. Assistance would be appreciated.
Thank
you in advance.
I have posted a couple of photos at:
http://www.appliedarchaeology.com/page7.html
Jeanne A. Ward, RPA
Applied Archaeology and History Associates, Inc.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 224-3402
FAX (410) 224-3470
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