Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age sword scabbard chape
Ogival chape, with lozengic section, central perforation, median ribs and flattened edges. Tip missing; no perforations. 31.62/49a is the chape head (on display) 31.62/49b is the chape tip (not on display) These two items are both derived from the same object.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.62/49 a
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:206.0
(): length / mm
(): maximum width / mm:50.0
(): width / mm
(): maximum thickness / mm:20.0
(): thickness / mm
(): weight / g:113.2
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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