The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.Evans, John
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The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.
Evans, John
Bronze age -- Great Britain; Bronze age -- Ireland; Great Britain -- Antiquities
Scabbard ends occur also in Scotland, for one nearly similar to
these last (5¾ inches) was found with four leaf-shaped swords and
a large spear-head, all of bronze, at Cauldhame, near Brechin,
Forfarshire.[1148] They are now in the Antiquarian Museum at
Edinburgh. The scabbard is by permission of the Society of Antiquaries
of Scotland here shown as Fig. 369. Another scabbard tip in the same
museum is rather shorter. It was found at Gogar Burn, near Edinburgh,
together with a sword and a penannular brooch of bronze and a small
penannular ornament of gold. A Scotch specimen from the farm of
Ythsie, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, is in the British Museum. It is like
that from Brechin, and is 5½ inches long.
The straight form of scabbard end has been discovered, though
rarely, in Northern France. One from Caix, Somme, is engraved in the
Dictionnaire Archéologique de la Gaule. A fragment of another, more
like Fig. 365, has been found near Compiègne (Oise).
A still shorter form is shown in Fig. 370, the original of which was
found at Pant-y-maen, near Glancych, Cardiganshire,[1149] together
with broken swords, spear-heads, and ferrules, as well as some small
rings.
A still more simple form, and one more nearly approaching the modern
chape, has occasionally been found. That shown as Fig. 371 formed part
of the hoard found in Reach Fen, Cambridgeshire, which comprised also
some fragments of swords. It is of especial interest, as the small
bronze nail which served to fasten it to the wooden scabbard was found
with it. This nail is shown above the chape in the figure.
[Illustration: Fig. 371.—Reach Fen. 1/1]
Another chape of the same kind, but more like Fig. 372 in form, was
found at Haines Hill, near Hythe, Kent,[1150] with a perforated disc
of bronze, like Fig. 503, and some other objects.
Fig. 372, kindly lent by the Royal Irish Academy, shows a chape found
at Cloonmore, near Templemore, Co. Tipperary.[1151] This form seems to
be of very rare occurrence in Ireland.
It has, however, been found in Savoy,[1152] and in the Swiss
Lake-dwellings.
[Illustration: Fig. 372.—Cloonmore. 1/1]
[Illustration: Fig. 373.—Stoke Ferry. 1/1]
An English form, which is, I believe, as yet unique, is shown in Fig.
373. It was found, with several broken swords and spear-heads, at
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. It is ornamented with a neat fluting, produced
apparently by means of punches. The rivet-holes are at the sides,
instead of being, as usual, on the face.
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