SWORD
Unique ID: SUR-0BA197
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A guard or component from the hilt of a Roman, or late Iron Age, sword or dagger of 1st century AD date. Part of the tang/blade junction survives within. The guard retains slight traces of niello lines on the edges and on the collar. The surviving tang measures 18.63mm x c8mm and the blade measures 36.17mm x 6.65mm.
An idea of how such hilt guards were used can be gained from the swords found at Cotterdale, Yorkshire (MacGregor 1976, no.143) and Hod Hill, Dorset (Manning 1985 149, V3), the latter probably being a Roman sword.
Notes:
Similar examples are DUR-05EFC7 and NMGW-9D6CA5. A more decorative example is HESH-782C85. The findspot in a Wealden parish is highly unusual.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Length: 54 mm
Width: 27.2 mm
Thickness: 18.29 mm
Weight: 33.5 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th December 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr David W
Williams
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Identified by: Mr David W
Williams - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 12-60
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Iron [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Surrey
District: Waverley
Parish: Cranleigh
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0534
Four figure Latitude: 51.095705 Four figure longitude: -0.501924
1:25K map: TQ0534
1:10K map: TQ03SE
WOEID: 26350907
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
References cited
No references cited so far.
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Audit data
Created:
Wednesday 14th March 2012
Updated: Wednesday 14th March 2012
