Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sotheby's Sale,19.11.24, 653,Collection of W. J. Knowles, MRIA of Flixton Place - Ballymena
Site: Ireland,Roskerry peat bog,Label: "Found in Roskerry peat bog by Robt. Maxwell. Highly prized as heirloom in the family and in 1798, the time of the "Turn Out", fearing it would be stolen or injured, it was hid in the thatch of his house. The owners got down to two girls, one a permanent invalid, and they sold it to W. J. Knowles. 9th Aptil 1919."
Discovery context: bog,peat,auction
Parish: Ross
County: County Kerry
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 647
Width (mm): hilt 46, 52.5; blade 48.5
Thickness (mm): blade 8.5
Surface: Smooth and dark golden bronze - seems filed and cleaned. The hilt is blacker.
Description: Some of the rivet holes are filled.
Remarks: Doubts cast as to its genuineness and bought in at 21 pounds sterling (Mr. Lawrence of London Museum considers it to be genuine).