Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Robert Blair, Esq., Harton Lodge, S. Shields,Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Blackgate Museum,Blair Collection No. 110
Site: England,Northumberland,Newcastle,dredged from R. Tyne, between Kings Meadows + low level bridge c. 1870
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Newcastle
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1870
Length (mm): 543
Width (mm): blade 32; hilt 38, 25
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 454
Patina: Dark brown patina.
Surface: Slightly corroded in spots.
Composition: Bronze
Description: Hilt broken at end.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. N/C, Ser. 8, Vol. X, p. 224,cf. 4, I, 122