Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age sword scabbard chape
Ogival chape, with lozengic section, central perforation, median ribs and flattened edges. With diagonally aligned perforations, double moulding at corners and engraved hatched triangles at the mouth, which is damaged. This item is incomplete; the upper end (i.e away from tip) is missing.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.62/50
Find Information
Site Name: Crowther's Camp, Guilsfield
Date: 1862
Notes: Found during the digging of a field drain, packed tight as though originally deposited in a perishable container, on the south-east side of Rhuallt, 100m from Crowther's Camp, an Early Iron Age hillfort, near Guilsfield.
Measurements
(): maximum length / mm:249.0
(): length / mm
(): maximum width / mm:38.0
(): width / mm
(): maximum thickness / mm:17.5
(): thickness / mm
(): weight / g:111.1
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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