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from Jacksbank Farm, Glenbervie, Kincardineshire

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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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