Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Bablake Museum, Coventry (1923),On loan from Miss A. Brazil,The Quadrant, Coventry
Site: Wales,Carnarvon,Bethesda (near),On the side of Carnedd Llewlyn found by a boy named Davies about 1895,A boy named Davies was rounding up sheep with his father when he tripped over something he thought to be a stick which projected from the ground. He subsequently dug up the object which was this sword. This was about 30 years ago - about 10 years ago it was sold to Miss. A. Brazil - B.M. authorities say 600 B.C.
Parish: Bethesda
County: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: 1895
Length (mm): 570
Width (mm): hilt 40; blade 33
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 480
Patina: No patina; No green patina, just clean bronze
Surface: Smooth, unpitted, bronze colour
Composition: Bronze
Associations: Said to have been found with a few inches of the scabbard adhering; this is now missing.
Description: A fine blade free from imperfection or blemish. Said to have had a few inches of the point of a scabbard when found - now missing. Possible if now cleaned when found it has a smooth surface of ordinary bronze colour - dark.