Auchencorth
Sword (Bronze)
Site Name Auchencorth
Classification Sword (Bronze)
Canmore ID 50154
Site Number NT15NE 16
NGR NT 19 55
NGR Description NT c. 19 55
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50154
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
(Ewart Park type - Northern unclassified). Found before 1900, single find. Sword with hilt and tip of blade missing, length 46.2cm, median blade width 3.65cm; shiny green patina, blade corroded on one side; two shoulder rivet holes remain as notches. National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh (DL 46).
C B Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
Note (1988)
Auchencorth, Sword NT 19 55 NT15NE 16
A bronze leaf-shaped sword (RMS, DL 46), 464mm long but with its hilt missing, was found at Auchencorth.
RCAHMS 1988
(PSAS, xxxiv, 1899-1900, 435; Coles 1960, 85; RCAHMS 1967, 19)
