Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection, J.W. Clarke Esq.,Bridwall, no. Uffenline, Devon,1921
Site: Site unknown
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 590
Width (mm): blade 36; hilt plate 61
Thickness (mm): blade 7
Weight (g): 699
Patina: Has been
Surface: Surface of the point half is much eaten away. The hilt half only slightly so. Has been welded toether in the centre. The 2 pieces do not appear to be fragments of the same sword, out pieces of 3 different swords of identical patterns. The resultant sword is about 47mm longer than the original.
Description: 6 Rivet holes - 3 rivets. Metallic bronze colour, stained black in places. Hilt is quite black. Point is broken. The edge of the point half is much jagged. The hilt half has a few dents which appear to be modern.