Record ID: CAM-1F9884
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is the copper-alloy shoulder of an incomplete notched-butt Lisburn dirk, knife, from the Penard phase of the Bronze Age c.1300-1140 BC. See Roberts, B. p.76 & 80. This artefact is from the Middle Bronze Age from the collared urn phase of the period. Dimensions: weight 34.6g, width 32.64mm, thickness 4.89mm and the fragment survives to a length of 64.05mm. Similar examples can be seen on the PAS database including records NMS-6E6546, DENO-1D2B92, IOW-816837, GLO-C54785, LVPL-9DE736, HAMP-D40847, WILT-8BC3E8. Benet's 2003, p.45, items B04-0102 & B04-0103 are slightly similar …
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oakley Area', grid reference and parish protected.