Object: Dirk
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Hertford Museum,Presented by Mr. Fiddler, 246 Ware Road, Hertford
Site: England,Hertfordshire,Hertford,Hertford Lock, near,Said to have been found 10 to 15 years ago by Mr. Fiddler; found on bank of the Mill Stream by Hertford Lock; there may have been dredging recently undertaken and this thus remains a possible alternative context - the river itself.
Discovery context: river
Parish: Hertford
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TL 3328 1340
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 158.5
Width (mm): 25.4
Weight (g): 68.6
Surface: Dull brown dry surface, little pocked; some flaking very thinly to pale bluey green or quite rich fir green; parts gold flecked, especially edges, from modern rubbing.
Associations: 8b. Single Find
Description: Dimensions: L 158.5mm; max W 25.4; max B 5.8; Wt. 68.6g,Typology: flattened midrib slightly convex bordered by strangely concave edge bevels; notches symmetrical, flattish inside with sporadic facets along edges - no lipping or other indications that they are product of reworking.,Manufacture: midrib thinned in profile for hilt plate, possible indication of its higher extension formerly, flattening thus likely from post-cast working, or re-working,Condition: edge little jagged, and sharp; butt irregularities probably original, no obvious breaks since manufacture.,Attached Material: traces of fawn soil embedded, tending to chalky (?) in parts.
Remarks: PIF; AFI; SI; RSO 17/7/80; CI; SN Aug. 80; Sb.A.; G. Davis - Hertford Mus. 17/7/80