Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Newcastle-upon-Tyne,Black Gate, No. 111,From T. J. Bell Collection, South Shields
Site: England,Northumberland,Dredged from R. Tyne,nr. S. Shields probably.
Discovery context: river,dredged
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 600
Width (mm): 29
Thickness (mm): 8
Patina: Dark Bronze
Surface: Smooth
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. N/C, ser. 4, Vol. IV, p. 104,cf. Proc. Soc. Ant. N/C ser. 2, Vol. V, p. 160
Remarks: The hilt-plate is missing. "The blade...is bent + scored as if by a dredger lined net" (Determination of D. Cover)