Object: Dagger
Classification: Rivetted Dagger
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Dorchester Museum 308
Site: England,Dorset,Upwey,Ridgeway,Found by Arthur Vincent, after deepening of road.,July 1916
Parish: Upwey
County: Dorset
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1916
Length (mm): 134
Width (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 4
Weight (g): 56.7
Patina: Pale green, rubbed off in places. Dark green and brown stains.
Surface: Slight encrustation on one side of butt.
Associations: Found with human jawbones, teeth, etc.
Description: Two rivet holes with rivet in each, rivet 13mm long. Butt is chipped. Point damaged and edge partly detached from midrib.
Remarks: It is thought that in deepening road, a barrow had been cut through.