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Late Bronze Age sword scabbard chape
Ogival, with lozengic section, central perforation, median ribs and flattened edges. The base consists of a circular washer rotating round a central boss; a section of hollow-bladed spearhead has been forced inside.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.62/43
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:359.0
length / mm
maximum width / mm:50.0
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:19.0
thickness / mm
weight / g:297.1
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