Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester Museum, 121,Donor W. H. Deverell,July 1894
Site: England,Hampshire,Houghton,Between Horsebridge Station & Bossington House near Roman road from Winchester to Old Sarum. Dug out of the peat in a meadow.
Discovery context: peat
Parish: Houghton
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 594
Width (mm): hilt 27, 50; blade 37
Thickness (mm): blade 6
Patina: Dirty brown - waterworn.
Surface: Removed in places showing dull light green beneath.
Associations: Found with the end of scalbard.
Remarks: Display, See new index.