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Late Bronze Age bronze sword chape
With lozengic section, median ribs and flattened edges. The base consists of a circular washer rotating round a central boss; a section of hollow-bladed spear-head has been forced inside. Base and mouth damaged.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.62/47
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
length / mm:293
Material
bronze
Location
In store
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