Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Middle Bronze Age bronze leaf shaped sword
Upper end of blade only, lenticular-sectioned. Part of the hilt remains, with two rivet holes and one rivet. There is repeated deep notching at the upper end of the blade, which indicates deliberate destruction of the sword (rather than use wear).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
15.277/5
Find Information
Site Name: Langrove, Penard
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1827
Notes: Found by a quarryman in a hole in the ground covered by a flat stone.
Acquisition
Donation, 16/11/1915
Measurements
length / mm:126.0
maximum width / mm:41.0*
width / mm
width / mm:32.0**
weight / g:116.8
width / mm:25.5 (of hilt)
thickness / mm:6.0
diameter / mm:4.5 (of rivet holes)
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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