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Leadburn
Sword (Bronze)
Site Name Leadburn
Classification Sword (Bronze)
Canmore ID 51630
Site Number NT25NW 19
NGR NT 236 554
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51630
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT25NW 19 c.236 554
The cited location may lie in Penicuik or Newlands parish.
A Late Bronze Age, Ewart Park type, sword from Leadburn (NT 236 554) was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1890 (Accession no: DL 42).
RCAHMS 1967; J M Coles 1962; NMAS 1892.
(Cherwell variant of Ewart Park type). Found in or before 1890. Sword with solid butt and large bronze pommel, point missing. Length 63.10cm, terminal width 7.20cm, shoulder width 5.42cm, maximum blade width 4.50cm. Entire surface gently pitted, black patina, scratches evident on the blade.
C B Burgess and I Colquhoun 1988.
