Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Hartfordshire County Museum, St. Albans,Lent by Capt. J. H. Ball, RAF,(from Canon Greennvell's Collection),No. 147
Site: Ireland,Co. Galway,Lough Corrib,Original label: Found Aug. 7th 1909 by Michael Walsh of Knockellorn in Lough Corrib near the Castle of Aughnamire, Oughterard. Found on the surface of the bed of the Lough.
Parish: Lough Corrib
County: County Galway
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1909
Length (mm): 447
Width (mm): blade 29.5; hilt plate 42, 33.5
Thickness (mm): blade 7, 4
Weight (g): 368.55
Patina: Traces of blackish patina and a whitish substance, perhaps clay.
Surface: Smooth, slightly pitted. Dark brown bronze colour.
Description: Blde slightly bent, from middle to point.