Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Warwick County Museum,Mus. No. A.195,Previously Earl of Aylesford
Site: England,County: Warwickshire,Town or parish: Meriden,Details of find unknown. Sword was presented to Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society in June, 1852, by the Earl of Aylesford.
Parish: Meridan
County: Warwickshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 525.78
Width (mm): 40.64
Thickness (mm): 8.89 at base of hilt
Other: Length: 20.7 in. = 525.78mm,Width: 1.6 in. = 40.64mm,Thickness: 0.35 in. = 8.89mm at base of hilt
Description: Leaf shaped blade, shoulders curving slightly to blade. Elongated holes on shoulders appear to have been each a pair of rivet holes, with outer edge on one shoulder partly, on other completely gone. Blade an elongated oval, tip missing about 3/4 inch and broken across at 7.85 in. from surviving end: pieces fit together. Rather more than 1/2 of grip and pommel missing.Outer face (.5mm) in many places flaked off, but surviving surface and metal appear stable.
Publications: 1. 17th Annual Report of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society, April 1853, p. 3.,2. F. W. Shotton, Proc: Coventry Natural History and Scientific Society, Vol. I, 1938, pp. 190 + 191.