Record ID: NMGW-87E225 - BRONZE AGE halberd

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Halberd

Unique ID: NMGW-87E225

Object type certainty:

This is a symmetrical slender halberd blade of cast copper or bronze. Down the centre of the blade is a straight midrib. This is wide and angular in cross-section, at the top end tapering with a straight line into the haft-plate. The blade edges have been entirely removed, thus also removing any traces of bevelling originally along the edge. Whilst much of this damage is due to erosion of fragile edges, it is possible that some edges were notched through use wear or mutilation prior to burial. The erosion seems particularly deep and severe, with concave eroded depressions side by side, creating a ‘nibbled’ effect in places along the blade edge, almost as if notches were later prone to differentially high erosion. The blade end is blunt. The haft-plate is also heavily eroded, though is angular rather than rounded in shape. The halberd reveals evidence of four rivet holes, positioned as two lateral pairs on the haft-plate (rather than being arranged in an arc along it). The lower two are complete, whilst the upper two are visible only as partial grooves along the line of the eroded hilt-plate edges. The whole blade has been bent, as viewed in side section, probably in antiquity, there being no evidence of modern impact. The blade remains sturdy, yet is pitted across its surfaces. The overall patination is green, yet the eroded pits have a light green patina.

Class: Breaghwy Type / Type 6

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: On loan to Scolton Manor Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 2400 BC
Date to: Circa 2000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 284 mm
Width: 71 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 361.5 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Pembrokeshire
District: Pembrokeshire
Parish: Hundleton

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SM9501
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995

Personal details

Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Identified by: Adam Gwilt - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Liz McIvor - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.47
Museum accession number: EF 339

References cited

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