Title
Sword
Identifier
ABDUA:19681
Description
Leaf-shaped sword, point imperfect, in bronze. Said to have been found in 1809 'under deep moss' on the estate of Balnagubs, Kincardineshire, in line between Roman camps of Raedykes and Drumoak, but may be a nineteenth-century copy of a Bronze Age sword.
Date
Early: -1200 Late: -600 Period: LBA
Format
metal copper alloy lead bronze bronze, cast, L: 608 mm W: 41 mm Th: 6 mm
Coverage
Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Balnagubs Kincardineshire
Source
Field Collection Date: 1809
Relation
LEMUR:1000242 LEMUR:1000243
Type
Physical Object
Provenance
Acquisition Source: Kerr, George Dr
UUID
bb06b865-32e7-4259-bf7d-14cb299f75ad