Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Miss. D.J. Alder,Culver Cottage,Much Hadham,Herts.,Lincoln Museum 10.54
Site: England,Lincolnshire,Worlaby,(Between Louth + Horncastle),Found in a stream about 1865,Acquired from the finder by Miss Alder's father.
Parish: Worlaby
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1865
Length (mm): 520 (in sketch 560mm)
Width (mm): 36
Surface: On the blade an area of high polish on the middle line of the round just below the hilt + stretching downwards for nearly three inches, growing narrower as it goes.
Description: The hilt has been broken across anciently + reduced to little more than half its probably original length.  Blade slightly bent. Two semicircular slots for rivets + two small holes.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. VIII, 368,About to be published,Ant. Journ. July 1939
Remarks: A local importance in Lincolnshire, as it is nearly the only object belonging to the Late Bronze Age found well inside Wold region.