Object: Sword
Classification: Hilt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,The Earl of Powis,Powis Castle, Welshpool,No. 47,National Museum of Wales, 31.62/42
Site: Wales,Montgomeryshire,Welshpool,Pool Quay,Crowther's Coppice,October 1862
Parish: Welshpool
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 80
Width (mm): butt 27, broken end 28, slot 6
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 56.9
Patina: Green
Surface: Twisted + broken
Associations: Part of "Guilsfield" hoard.
Description: Broken "fish-tail" hilt of sword.
Publications: R.C.A.M Montgomery, No. 949 + refs.