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From Drumcoltran, Kirkcudbrightshire
![Postcard of Rapier Blades.](/database/media.php?file=postcard/image/0098/00983061.jpg&PHPSESSID=4n671sml45t8foenb4gav3hne7) 000-190-000-956-C © National Museums Scotland |
| Rapier Blades
These three bronze rapier blades are part of a hoard containing around a dozen rapier blades found at Drumcoltran in Kirkcudbrightshire. They were buried sometime between 1500 and 1150 BC.
Bronze rapier blade with rounded wings, from Drumcoltran, Kirkcudbrightshire
Hoards consist of objects deposited in the ground at one time. Some contain objects of religious importance, buried without any intention of recovery. Others contain objects valued for commercial worth or status, deposited for safety.
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000-190-000-956-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland X.DQ 320 |
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Between 950 and 750 BC
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Amber Amber Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze; crescentic; flat Bronze; crescentic; flat Bronze; crescentic; flat Bronze; rounded wings; base showing two notches for rivets Bronze; thin; flat Bronze; thin; flat Copper alloy Glass Gold Quartzitic slate stone Sandstone
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14.00" L 18.20" L 20.00" L
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Axe, socketed Bead Bead Bead Bead / portion Blade Blade Blade Bronze / portion Bronze / portion Chisel Gouge Hammer Polisher Rapier blade Rapier, blade Rapier, blade Sandstone / portion Spearhead
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Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkgunzeon, Drumcoltran Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkgunzeon, Drumcoltran Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkgunzeon, Drumcoltran Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
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Bronze socketed axe from Adabrock, Lewis Bronze gouge from Adabrock, Lewis Bronze chisel from Adabrock, Lewis Bronze spearhead from Adabrock, Lewis Copper alloy hammer from Adabrock, Lewis Crescentic flat bronze blade from Adabrock, Lewis Crescentic flat bronze blade from Adabrock, Lewis Crescentic flat bronze blade from Adabrock, Lewis Piece of thin flat bronze from Adabrock, Lewis Piece of thin flat bronze from Adabrock, Lewis Biconical gold bead from Adabrock, Lewis Amber bead from Adabrock, Lewis Amber bead from Adabrock, Lewis Half of a glass bead from Adabrock, Lewis Piece of sandstone from Adabrock, Lewis Polisher of quartzitic slate stone from Adabrock, Lewis Bronze rapier blade from Drumcoltran Bronze rapier blade from Drumcoltran
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- Coles, John M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 97 (1963-1964).
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