Object: Rapier
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Cleaver, Mr. M. - private (1983),21 Done Cerce Close, Dunchurch, Rugby
Site: England,Northamptonshire,Clay Coton,Found by Mr. M. Cleaver, August 83, using a metal detector, on dredgings on the bank of the stream running through Clay Coton.
Discovery context: metal detector
Parish: Clay Coton
County: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SP 594 768
Year of discovery: 1983
Length (mm): 55
Edge (mm): 36
Thickness (mm): 6.3
Weight (g): 37.5
Surface: Dull green patina largely intact over faces, but areas flaked and all edges severely chipped to a powdery light blue-green surface.
Description: Dimensions: EL 55.0; EW 36.0; Max. th. 6.3; Wt. 37.5 g,Typology: hollowed edge bevels - diffuse line,Condition: butt end slightly bent,Attached Material: fair amount of yellowy soil traces.
Remarks: PIF; DF(S); SI; RSO 7/11/83; CI; SN Dec. 83; Sb.A.