Collections Online
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Advanced Search
Late Bronze Age sword scabbard chape
Ogival chape, with lozengic section, central perforation, median ribs and flattened edges. Tip missing; no perforations. 31.62/49a is the chape head (on display) 31.62/49b is the chape tip (not on display) These two items are both derived from the same object.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.62/49 a
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:206.0
length / mm
maximum width / mm:50.0
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:20.0
thickness / mm
weight / g:113.2
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.