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Bronze Scabbard found at Meare, Somerset

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2012

H. St. George Gray
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , April 1930 , pp. 154 - 155
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Copyright   The Society of Antiquaries of London 1930

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page 154 note 1 The Ham Hill dagger came from a cremation burial, possibly of Belgic origin (Ant. Journ. iii, 149).

page 154 note 2 This example is an iron dagger having a bronze guard.

page 155 note 1 Basket-work background is not infrequently found on metal-work of the period. Some of the best examples are the scabbard from Bugthorpe and one of those from Hunsbury, the mirrors from Desborough, Birdlip, Old Warden, and Trelan Bahow, and the tore from Clevedon.

page 155 note 2 Assoc. Architect. Socs. xviii, pl. III, fig. 3, p. 58 (the scabbard is 26¾ in. in length). Also Allen, Romilly, Celtic Art (Antiquary's Books), p. 97,Google Scholar upper part of left figure.

page 155 note 3 Early Iron Age Guide (Brit. Mus., 2nd edit., 1925),Google Scholar pl. IX, no. 4; Déchelette, J., Manuel d'Archéologie, ii, p. 1124,Google Scholar fig. 465, 1 a.