953 – Shackle

Physical description:

Adjustable iron wrist shackle, with iron peg to hold it shut.

Museum classification:

Persecution

Size:

110 x 150 x 20 mm

Information:

Text by Cecil Williamson: "A small wrist shackle used for female prisoners in Launceston castle. This is one of several items recovered from the rubble of the witch's tower of Launceston castle when it collapsed and fell into the roadway skirting the castle many years ago."

An early reference to the 'Witches Tower' of Launceston Castle can be found in William Borlase, Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, 1754.

 

Related to document 8104.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Iron

Text by Cecil Williamson: "A small wrist shackle used for female prisoners in Launceston castle. This is one of several items recovered from the rubble of the witch's tower of Launceston castle when it collapsed and fell into the roadway skirting the castle many years ago."

An early reference to the 'Witches Tower' of Launceston Castle can be found in William Borlase, Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, 1754.

 

Related to document 8104.