Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham,Museum registration number 1958/1842
Site: England,Yorkshire, North Riding,Startforth
Parish: Startforth
County: York
Country: England
Grid reference: OS map ref. 45/037156
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 525.78
Patina: Surface patina broken across blade near tip.
Surface: Blade edges chipped.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Length: 1' 8 7/10" = 525.78mm
Associations: Found with another bronze sword + gold hair ornament.
Description: Sword with leaf shaped blade, v-shaped hilt, 3 rivet holes. Point of blade missing. Sword in 3 pieces, now reconstructed