Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Middle Bronze Age bronze leaf shaped sword
The fragment consists of the upper part of the blade and a handle-plate with four rivet holes, in which two rivets remain. The blade is of lenticular section with a flattened midrib and consists of two fragments joined. There is frequent and repeated notching along the upper blade surfaces, which indicates deliberate destruction and breakage of sword notches.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
15.277/4
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:143.5*
maximum width / mm:45.5*** (hilt end)
width / mm
width / mm:31.5* (at break)
weight / g:122.7*
width / mm:21.5* (at hilt end)
thickness / mm:6.5* (along midrib)
diameter / mm:4.0* (rivet holes)
length / mm:138.0**
width / mm:42.0** (lower end)
width / mm:31.0** (upper end)
thickness / mm:7.0** (along midrib)
weight / g:140.5**
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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