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Medieval wooden dagger hilt
Blade missing; the wooden pommel, hilt/grip and guard fastened with copper alloy rivets. Copper alloy tubes also pass through the pommel and the guard. A copper alloy binding strip marks the junction of the wooden pommel and grip pieces with the iron tang. The guard is protected on the blade side by a copper alloy disc of sheet metal.
WA_SC 17.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
26.67
Find Information
Site Name: Dolwyddelan Castle, Gwynedd
Notes: found on the old 'Sarn Helen', or road, leading from Tomen-y-Mur to the castle, about 270 yards to the east of the old wall at a depth of approximately six feet in peat
Acquisition
donation, 1926
Measurements
length / mm:142.0
width / mm:44
thickness / mm:44
Material
Iron
Copper alloy
Wood
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Medieval Artefacts
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