Object: Two-edged KNIFE
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Privately owned by,Miss ISABEL DOBSON,NORTH VIEW COTTAGE,,LITTLE URSWICK,,Nr ULVERSTON
Site: (LANCASHIRE) CUMBRIA,Urswick,About 1/4 mile north of central hut, Urswick Stone Walls on surface of ground in 1912, by Rev. J. Dobson.
Parish: Urswick
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1912
Length (mm): 135
Width (mm): 22,Tang 25 long, 16 wide at butt
Thickness (mm): Greatest thickness 3
Other: Length 5 5/16",Width 7/8",Tang 1" long, 5/8" wide at butt,Greatest thickness 1/8"
Associations: No associated finds.
Description: Raised rib on both faces of tang 7/8" long and 1/16 in deep. Low mid-rib; both edges are chamfered and rather decayed. cf Heathery Burn. Probably Late Bronze Age II or III. Tip broken off. Smooth green patina
Publications: Trans. Cumb. & West. Ant. and Arch. Soc. (N.S.) XII, 283 and NS XXVI, 49.
Remarks: Miss Dobson says the field where the knife was found is known as "Tostills".