Object: Sword
Classification: Hilt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 91.5.14.33, Purchased from Messrs. Rollin & Fenardent, Roots Sale, Christies, 20th April 1891
Site: England, Hants, Selborne, Blackmoor, Woolmer Forest, Part of a hoard found about 1867 between Hogmoor & Blackmoor House.
Hoard: yes
Discovery context: gardening
Parish: Selborne
District: East Hampshire
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 78 33
Year of discovery: 1867
Length (mm): 246
Width (mm): 27
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 263
Patina: brown
Surface: corroded
Associations: 4-58, 20 Spearheads; 11 Fragments of Swords; 1 Gouge; 16 Rings; 7 Lanceheads
Description: With two rivets out of four.
Remarks: March 1974 small patches of bright green corrosion, Inacc., See new index, C1