from Jacksbank Farm, Glenbervie, Kincardineshire
000-190-004-230-C
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Swords
These two bronze swords were found while digging a drain at Jacksbank Farm near Glenberbie in Kincardineshire. The hoard was buried sometime between 950 and 750 BC.
Both swords have leaf-shaped blades with rivet holes in their wings and in the hilt plates to secure handles.
The north-east of Scotland may have been a centre of production for swords in the late Bronze Age. 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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000-190-004-230-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland X.DL 19 |
| Date: |
Between 950 and 750 BC
Late Bronze Age
Late Bronze Age
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| Material: |
Bronze; leaf-shaped; imperfect at point, rivet hole in each wing and two in hilt plate
Bronze; leaf-shaped; two rivet holes in each wing and two in hilt plate
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| Dimensions: |
17.75" L
25.88" L
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| What: |
Sword
Sword
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| Where: |
Scotland, Kincardineshire, Glenbervie, Jacksbank
Scotland, Kincardineshire, Glenbervie, Jacksbank
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| Description: |
Late Bronze Age leaf-shaped sword, from Jacksbank Farm, Kincardineshire
Late Bronze Age leaf-shaped sword, from Jacksbank Farm, Kincardineshire
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| References: |
- Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. 84, 113.
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