2010-10-06 15:18:30 Adam Daubney adaubney 2010-10-06 15:19:00 Adam Daubney adaubney LIN-C85357 RAPIER A fragmentary rapier of Middle Bronze Age date. The object consists of the butt end and the blade which is broken. The attachment end is slightly curved and in each corner is a rivet hole; one of the holes still contains a flat-headed copper-alloy rivet. The attachment end is abraded one of the holes is incomplete. Below it expands, with stepped shoulders, to the widest point. Beyond the blade narrows gradually, still narrowing at the break, though increasingly less steeply. The edges of the blade are bevelled on both sides; the cross-section at the break has the appearance of an oval with winged protrusions.The artefact perhaps belongs to the Penard metalworking phase. A fragmentary rapier of Middle Bronze Age date. The object consists of the butt end and the blade which is broken. The attachment end is slightly curved and in each corner is a rivet hole; one of the holes still contains a flat-headed copper-alloy rivet. The attachment end is abraded one of the h... This object was recorded at a rally. The description and photograph may not therefore meet the usual standard of recording. Copper alloy Cast BRONZE AGE BRONZE AGE Middle -1300 -1050 33.61 75.24 5.98 Incomplete 2010-10-06 15:18:30 LINCOLNSHIRE WEST LINDSEY GRANGE DE LINGS POINT( ) From Map SK97NE SK9877 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 LIN Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2010 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.