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Clog Rock pitons (King pins)

Accession Number

216.2008.1

Object Name

Clog Rock pitons (King pins)

Created

28/10/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

28/10/2008

Brief Description

Clog rock pitons (King Pins). P shaped with round hangers. Wedge shaped bodies.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

13,12,10,8 (L) cms

Number Of Objects

4

Inscription Description

On one side reads "CLOG" On other side "WALES"

Colour

brown

Maker

Clog

Object Production Place

Wales

Provenance

Denny Moorhouse and Shirley Smith founded the Clog factory in Deiniolen, North Wales in 1966.
Pitons were the main form of rock protection then and everybody had a rack of them hanging from their waistband along with a hammer to bang them in.
They were almost universally imported from the continent back then so Danny rectified the situation by producing a range of them made from molybdenum steel, four fine examples of which we have here in the collection.
This little set were gathered from an old box of gear that was part of Mick Tighe’s Mountain Guiding Company, Nevis Guides.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe.

Acquisition Date

28/10/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

02/09/2022

Modifier

HC

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