Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1923,Lord Herlech,Brogyntyn, Oswestry,No. 1
Site: England,Shropshire,Selattyre,Brogyntyn (formerly Porkington),near Oswestry,Before 1850
Parish: Selattyre
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1850
Length (mm): 381
Width (mm): hilt 53, blade 30
Thickness (mm): blade 7, 10
Weight (g): 509.6
Patina: Grey patina, slight indications of golden brown metal
Surface: Scratched
Associations: Apparently part of a small hoard - this sword, a chisel + a gouge. It seems to be the same hoard as the Oswestry "Brazier"
Description: 6 Rivet holes originally (the outer ones are small)
Publications: Arch. Jour. VII, 195,Evans, B. Impl. p. 466,Anden, V.C.H., Shrops I, does not mention it.
Remarks: Labelled: "Ancient British Sword, of bronze, imperfect at the point". This has been crossed out + on the other side of label is written: "Leaf Shaped Roman Sword"