Object: Dagger
Classification: Ogival
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Kendal Borough Museum
Site: England, Cumbria, Levens, Foulshaw Stakes Moss., Found while digging peat by Nicholas Gibson of Brathwaite Green, at a depth of about 6 feet, about 1855.
Discovery context: peat
Parish: Levens
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 135
Width (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 5
Weight (g): 63.7
Patina: Bronze color stained with black
Other: Last two publications were in a different hand and in pencil.,  Since weight is expressed in ounces, I am not sure if measurements are in millimeters or inches.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. 2S II, 370, where it is described as from Helsington Peat Moss., ? Journ. Arch Ass. (Canrebury Meeig)?  1875, Kvans ABI p.  246
Remarks: The decoration is on both sides but very faint.  The butt appears to have been remodeled, and the dagger to have been longer with a wider butt, and several rivets.  The present hole seems to have been bored.