Record ID: HESH-A4380B
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment from a much eroded cast bronze (copper alloy) rapier of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1150BC). The fragment consists of part of the lower blade a rapier, the tip has been previously recorded (HESH-3B6C58) and was recovered by a different finder from the same field. The two blade pieces conjoin and should therefore be considered as part of the same artefact. The fragment is broadly sub-rectangular in plan with one end being slightly tapered. A central ridge / mid rib runs along the length of the fragment on both faces. The rapier fragment is a mid-green colour wit…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.