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DIRK
Unique ID: LANCUM-D291E7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast cu-alloy fragment of a dirk or rapier dating from the early Late Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1200-1100BC. The fragment is very worn and the surface pitted and smooth. Only the upper part of the blade, the shoulders and part of the hilt plate as well as one rivet survive. The hilt plate is flat whilst the blade itself has an oval cross-section. One of the rivet holes is badly worn, the rivet missing. The rivets would have held an organic hilt (made from bone, antler or wood) in place. The weapon was small and the size and shape of the hilt plate suggest that it was a Type Appleby dirk/rapier.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1200 BC
Date to: Circa 1100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.57 mm
Width: 25.8 mm
Thickness: 4.83 mm
Weight: 23.28 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Kendal
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgess, C.B. and Gerloff, S. | 1981 | The Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland | Munich | Beck | 74ff |
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