Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Late Bronze Age bronze sickle

Part of a blade with three narrow ribs which converge towards the point on each face. The fragment is bent and twisted.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

30.130/8

Find Information

Site Name: Cardiff, South Wales

Date: 1928

Notes: Found on the flood plain between the Ely and Taff rivers, near the football ground, in a shallow bed of river sand at a depth of one metre under the turf.

Acquisition

Donation, 11/3/1930

Measurements

length / mm:142.0
maximum width / mm:47.0
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:5.0
thickness / mm
weight / g:88.8

Material

copper alloy
Northover's composition group: T3

Location

In store
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