Object: Sheath End Chape
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 195 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Co. Westmeath,Ratan Castle
Parish: Ratan
County: County Westmeath
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 112
Width (mm): 28.5
Thickness (mm): 14
Weight (g): 40
Patina: Light dusty brown patina ground on which are flakes of darker brown of various shades + grey.
Surface: Dull but fairly even.
Description: Lozenge shaped section. High midrib. Side edges are flat, perforated for diagonal rivet. Base injured + point missing.