Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Luton Museum,Bought of Hughes, Mr. F,Private (probably to be sold),Info. from Bucks. Co. Museum, ref. CAS 2477,Mr. Frank W. Hughes,8 Chequers Cottage,Whipsnade,Beds.
Site: England,Bucks.,Ivinghoe,The Coombe (a steep wooded slope),1976
Discovery context: auction
Parish: Ivinghoe
County: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SP 9668 1536
Year of discovery: 1976
Length (mm): 192
Width (mm): 54
Patina: Smooth grey-green patina on blade.
Surface: Hilt rough + abraded.
Description: 2 rivets remaining (separate),edges badly chipped.
Remarks: Drilled Aug. 1976,Found with metal detector.,ND76,CI, SI, PIF