Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Earl of Selborne,Blackmoor, Petersfield, Hants.,No. 17, 1923
Site: England,Hampshire,Selborne,In the gargen of a cottage on the western side of the road ascending from Eveley corner to Hogmoor.,Spring 1870
Discovery context: gardening
Parish: Selborne
District: East Hampshire
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1870
Length (mm): 275
Width (mm): 33, 38, 55
Thickness (mm): 1.5, 7.5, 5. 3
Weight (g): 355
Surface: Mostly natural bronze colour, highly glazed
Associations: A hoard containing at least 53 articles in 63 fragments, mostly swords, spearheads, ferrules & rings.
Description: Very good pieces in quality - edges hacked - beat up at fracture.
Publications: White, Gilbert: Nat. Hist. of Selborne, Macmillan, 1876, 254-8.,White, Gilbert: Nat. Hist of Selborne, Ed. Bell, 1877, 381,Evans, B. Imps., 464