01-09-2022, 10:59 PM
Yes your right there is leather, this would suggest that the box was covered before being buried (perhaps in a effort to waterproof it) rather then as a decorative feature, the large 53mm nail might suggest a wooden box for the lock mechanism on the inside of the chest (the sides of the chest seem to be about 2cm thick), most probably a sliding bolt type lock.
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
