Record ID: LVPL-23E5CF
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy early Iron Age socketed heeled sickle of transition Ewart Park/Llyn Fawr c. 800 - 600BC. The object is in three pieces and has been irregularly broken during antiquity. The sickle consists of an oval socket and a decorated curved blade which is almost complete with a downwards facing point. The socket measures 37.17mm in length and is 22.12mm in width at the opening. The rim of the socket is slightly thicker at the outer edge or back of the sickle measuring 5.06mm thick. The rim is of uneven thickness measuring 1.51mm at its thinnest part. The internal depth of the s…
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hulme Walfield', grid reference and parish protected.