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Iron Age iron dagger
Iron dagger, of rounded lozenge section, missing most of the tang. Parallel are known from Hunsbur in Northamptonshire and Ham Hill in Somerset.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.78H/196
Find Information
Site Name: The Breidden Hillfort, Criggion
Grid Reference: SJ 292 144
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1968-1976
Notes: Excavated by the Clwyd-Powys Arch. Trust. Context B5290 - from an unphased post hole in the inerior, standing upright in what appeared to be the deliberately refilled post-pipe
Measurements
weight / g:152.5
length / mm:242
maximum width / mm:40
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:8
thickness / mm
minimum width / mm:14
width / mm
Material
iron
Techniques
forged
Location
In store
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