Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter,Reg. No. 313,Presented by Sir John Kennaway, Bart, 1870.
Site: England,Devon,Talaton,"Ryland Field", 3 miles from Larkbeare House; during drainage operations, 3 1/2 feet below surface.,January 1867.
Parish: Talaton
County: Devon
Country: England
Grid reference: SY 0699
Year of discovery: 1867
Length (mm): 577
Width (mm): 51
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 296
Surface: Much oxidised and rough.
Composition: Bronze
Associations: 2 weapons, 314 and 315 in same collection.
Description: Rapier-shaped weapon; remains of rivet holes at butt.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXIV, p. 110,Evans, p. 250,B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, p. 95, 61
Remarks: Trump's II Thetford