Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter.,Reg. No. 315.,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): 322
Width (mm): 50
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 172
Surface: Much oxidised and rough
Composition: Bronze
Associations: 2 weapons, 313 and 314 in same collection.
Description: Rapier-shaped weapon, remains of rivet-holes at butt.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, p. 95, 63,Arch. J., ix, 185; xxlv, 110.,Evans, p. 250.
Remarks: Trump's II Thetford