Find Spot record MWX4511 - Weymouth Backwater: Bronze Age Sword

Please read our .

Summary

A Bronze age Sword, recovered from Weymouth Backwater.

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A Bronze age Sword, recovered from Weymouth Backwater, on the north side of Westham Bridge. Length 19 3/4 inches. Hilt broken off above four small rivet-holes, one with the remainder of a very small rivet, the tip of the blade is missing. Dredged from the Backwater in 1900. Now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and originally reported in PDNHAS 58 (1937) 26. (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Single Find 14.

Finds (1)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Location

Grid reference SY 67809 79042 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SY67NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 604

Record last edited

Jan 26 2004 2:31PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.