Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library,Layton Collection, 01337,In London Mus?
Site: England,Middlesex,Chiswick,from Thames ballast, nearly facing Red House, near Ship Public House, on Middlesex side of river,July 1861
Discovery context: river
Parish: Chiswick
District: Hounslow
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1861
Length (mm): 579
Width (mm): blade 45; hilt 54
Thickness (mm): blade 7
Patina: No patina.
Surface: Slightly encrusted in places. Dark golden bronze shows - soil adheres a good deal.
Description: 1 rivet; hilt broken