Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Black Gate Museum, Newcastle on Tyne,1932.21,On loan from Mr. G. H. Allgood of Nunwick, 1932
Site: England,Northumberland,Brandon,Brandon Hill,1857
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Brandon
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1857
Length (mm): 593
Weight (g): 690
Patina: Smooth dark green patina.
Surface: heavily pitted on one face
Associations: One of a small hoard of three, of which one was destroyed, while the third cannot now be traced.
Description: Point broken off. Lines marking the lower edge of the hilt plate are still to be seen on each face.
Publications: Hist. Beris Nat. Field Club, XI (1885-6), 283-4, x fig.,Proc. Soc. Ant. Newcastle, 4, V, 254,Evans, 234, reported incorrectly as "Branton"