Record ID: SF-E707F7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy folded sheet chape. It is trapezoidal in shape, measuring 29.05mm along one side from base to top, and 22.82mm along the other. The width at the base is 10.60mm and along the top open edge is 24.27mm. It weighs 6.62g. It is folded and soldered at the back and is oval in cross section . Along the top front edge are three sets of two short lines of decoration, with a rivet hole at each end, close to the open edge. Inside the chape near the base there are traces of iron staining.
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stow cum Quy', grid reference and parish protected.