Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 51.12-30.1,given by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby,1851
Site: Wales,Carnarvanshire,Dolwyddelan,Found in peat on estates of the donor.
Parish: Dolwyddelan
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 486
Width (mm): hilt 24, 46; blade 35
Thickness (mm): blade 6
Weight (g): 411.55
Surface: Fairly pitted, upper part rough & broken & appears to have been broken across neck bronze with dark brown stains.
Description: Broad central rib showing faintly & prominently at top. 4 Rivet holes, one is not pierced. On reverse, indication of a 5th in the centre.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Antiq., XXX, p. 172, Fig. 2, No. 9
Remarks: Drawing inaccurate.