Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Alnwick Castle, No. 230
Site: England,Northumberland,Simonside,Tosson Hill,1868
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Simonside
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1868
Length (mm): 423 + 88
Width (mm): 32; dia. of pommel 46
Thickness (mm): 6
Weight (g): 502.85; of pommel 91.9
Patina: Dark brown patina green marks
Surface: Slightly corroded.
Composition: Composition of pommel lead
Associations: With blade of sword (no. 231) + beneath a horizontal stone under the swords three rings (in this Collection) + a knife, & a piece of bone.
Description: Sword broken into two pieces.
Publications: Berwicks Naturalist Club, Vol. XIII, p. 176