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Late Iron Age iron sword
Almost complete iron sword with concave shoulders and fragmentary tang. The blade has a lenticular cross section and a slight ridge running the length of the blade. Found with fragments of an iron ring and iron scabbard, part of which appears to still be attached to the hilt.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
36.125/1
Find Information
Site Name: Gelliniog Wen, Llangeinwen
Date: 1909 / Feb / 19
Notes: Found with a human skeleton, orientated E (feet) - W, in a slab-covered stone cist. Location of skeleton unknown.
Measurements
length / mm:725 (total)
maximum width / mm:43 (blade)
width / mm
length / mm:93 (tang)
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