Object: Dagger
Classification: Rivetted Grooved Dagger
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: In keeping of Dr. William Freeman,Proc. Hampshire Field Club, 1919, viii, 354.
Site: England,Hampshire,Penton Mewsey,Mark Lane Barrow,Sept. 1917
Discovery context: barrow
Parish: Penton Mewsey
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1917
Length (mm): 113
Width (mm): 53
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 92.14
Patina: Pale malachite green patina.
Surface: Chipped at butt and point. Much corroded.
Composition: Appears to be copper. Judging by colour at fracture.
Associations: Primary cremation, not found with an urn with overhanging rim whilst building an Aerodrome, but in same barrow.
Description: Photograph shows a distinct narrow midrib: central space outlined by 3 converging grooves.