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Late Bronze Age sword scabbard chape
Ogival chape, with lozengic section, central perforation, median ribs and flattened edges. Mouth damaged and obliquely aligned perforations at half-length.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.62/56
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:135.0
(): length / mm
(): maximum width / mm:40.0
(): width / mm
(): maximum thickness / mm:15.5
(): thickness / mm
(): weight / g:66.9
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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