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SWORD

Unique ID: BERK-7556E4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper alloy sword or dagger hilt guard. The guard is ovoid in plan with sharpely curved terminals, is flat on both the top and bottom and has a central hole for the tang (also pointed oval in shape), which would have seperated the blade from the hilt. Undecorated. 15th to 16th century AD.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 60.51 mm
Width: 12.94 mm
Thickness: 4.79 mm
Weight: 15.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Saturday 11th June 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 2011.447

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Cholsey (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5785
Four figure Latitude: 51.561008
Four figure longitude: -1.179139
1:25K map: SU5785
1:10K map: SU58NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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