Object: Sword
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 91.5.14.36, 37 & 38, Purchased from Messrs. Rollin & Fenardent, Roots Sale, Christies, 20th April 1891
Site: England, Hants, Selborne, Blackmoor, Woolmer Forest, Part of a hoard found about 1867 between Hogmoor & Blackmoor House.
Hoard: yes
Discovery context: gardening
Parish: Selborne
District: East Hampshire
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 78 33
Year of discovery: 1867
Length (mm): 170, 178, 34
Weight (g): 190, 135, 15
Patina: black & metallic bronze
Surface: corroded
Associations: 4-58, 20 Spearheads; 11 Fragments of Swords; 1 Gouge; 16 Rings; 7 Lanceheads
Description: 36. from Middle, many dents, 37. Point of sword much hacked, 38. Point of sword cut off for analysis?
Remarks: March 1974 small patch of bright green corrosion on BM N° 91.5-14.38, Inacc., See new index, C1