Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library,Layton Collection 01333,Now in The London Museum
Site: England,Thames,Surrey/Middlesex,(between) Barnes + Chiswick,Thames ballast,1861
Discovery context: river
Parish: Chiswick
County: Surrey
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1861
Length (mm): 263
Width (mm): blade 32; hilt plate 56; hilt end 44.5
Thickness (mm): bade 7.75
Patina: Medium + light brown
Surface: Smooth. Gravel encrusted on one side of hilt, encrusted with earth on other side of hilt.
Description: Blade bent where broken.