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from Cauldhame, Angus Cauldhaum

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This bronze sword was found at Cauldhame in Angus. It was a prestigious possession, used sometime between 950 and 750 BC.

The leaf-shaped sword has two rivet holes in each wing and three in the hilt plate, one still preserving a rivet, to secure a handle. The point of the blade and the pommel end of the handle are missing.

Technological advances in bronze casting in the late Bronze Age resulted in new and better weapons. Long slashing swords became popular in the early 1st millennium BC. They could be used on foot or from horseback, and were prestigious weapons.

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