File:Undated possible Sword fragment from Cowick (FindID 534346).jpg

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Undated possible Sword fragment from Cowick
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2012-12-17 11:59:49
Title
Undated possible Sword fragment from Cowick
Description
English: Iron

Possible Sword fragment. Wrought Iron object, possibly a fragment from the shouldered junction of the tang and blade of a heavy iron blade. There is the appearance of folding at the tang - though this may be corrosion - and one side of the putative blade is lightly dished. The identification offered is necessarily tentative. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Iron Age to Medieval, 300 BC - AD 1500.

Length: 68mm, Width: 49mm, Thickness (at 'tang'): 18mm, Weight: 85.92gms.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 300 BC and 1500
Accession number
FindID: 534346
Old ref: NLM-1D2A47
Filename: NLM21469.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/408982
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/408982
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/534346
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Object location53° 40′ 29.64″ N, 1° 00′ 57.78″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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