Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, M20-1947,Given 1947 by Miss Philippa Tharp in memory of her brother, Flying Officer John D A Tharp (1922-43) in possession of W. M. Tharp in 1888.
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Chippenham,Badlingham Road 1,"The site...was upon the open field to the right of the road leading from the village street to Badlingham, and at about 85 yards from it and the fence separating the field from the strip of meadowland which intervenes between it and the brook. At this point which is just below the brow of the rising ground, some men digging for gravel in the middle of last December (c. 1883-6), unearthed the relic at a depth of about two and a half feet from the surface. It lay with its point directed to the North West and its hilt at a lower level, upon, and partly within, a stratum of picked flint stones of larger size than the average of these found in the surrounding soil, which is of sandy nature and unprofitable for sifting..."(full extract in documents file) (a)
Parish: Chippenham
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TL 6675 7020
Year of discovery: 1883
Publications: a) Prigg 1888, 185-6, 187 fig 1.
Remarks: 8a. Single Find (O)/7a. Area Find,AFI; DF(S); SI; CI; Rec: SN Aug 80; Source: R/Sb. T.; Sub. Inf. I.E. Moore (DF)