Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age sword hilt
Hilt fragment of a Western unclassified Ewart Park sword. The hilt has pointed ends and a fishtail outline. The tang is narrow and has no side flanges. There are two rivet holes, which are extremely small. The rivet hole nearest the blade retains the rivet shaft. The casting is porous and of poor quality and the hilt is bent.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.78H/142
Find Information
Site Name: The Breidden Hillfort, Criggion
Grid Reference: SJ 292 144
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1969-1976
Notes: unstratified in the interior about 30cms below the modern turf line and 2.50m from the sword tip No. 143 (81.78H/143), (Co-ord. B 500 406)
Measurements
length / mm:64.0
width / mm:36.0*
width / mm:17.5**
weight / g:42.2
thickness / mm:6.5
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