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Early Medieval iron knife blade
Small knife with thin tang and markedly -curved back to the blade. Pronounced shoulders. Edge much damaged by whetting and corrosion.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/B.3
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 10; Cut VI, Layer 3. Context C/D C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds. D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds.
Measurements
length / mm:95
width / mm:20
thickness / mm:3
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