Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester Museum, 195,Dale Collection, 2
Site: England,Hampshire,Eastleigh,Bishopstoke,Checkenhale,While digging the Bishopstoke Sewage Works at a depth of 12 feet in gravel,Nov. 1894
Parish: Bishopstoke
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1894
Weight (g): 751.27
Patina: Brown umber, slightly stained.
Associations: Found with an interment, the bones of which fell to powder on exposure.
Description: Perfect condition, all rivets were in when found. They are preserved separately.
Publications: Proc. Hant. F. C., 1896, III, 865,Proc. Soc. Ant. (2nd ser.) XVX, 131.
Remarks: Evans px. variance (S.W., in XXXgreen),Display. See new index.