Record ID: WILT-8AAA87
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably incomplete and very worn Early Early-Medieval (400-600) copper alloy sword scabbard chape, broken across one projecting loop and probably missing another. In profile it is U-shaped with a globular projection from the base. One arm ends in a damaged loop, the other (shorter) in a worn trefoil. Measures 35.55x8.42x12.79mm and weighs 6.25g. Both arms are D-shaped in cross-section, being flat to the inside surface. The longer one tapers from the base (6.67x3.58mm wide) to the pierced and rounded end (3.50x0.91mm, piercing 1.16mm wide but a squashed a little and with broken ed…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.