Archaeological Intelligence.
Primeval Period.
Mr. George Grant Francis sent for exhibition several weapons of the early British period, found in South Wales, and preserved in the Museum of the Royal Institution at Swansea. Amongst these was a fine bronze sword, discovered in Glamorganshire, of the kind termed by Sir S. Meyrick, cleddyv, the hilt of which, as he observes, was commonly formed of horn, hence the adage, "he who has the horn has the blade." It measures in length 2334 in., the widest portion of the blade measures 134 in., and the weight is 23 oz. A similar weapon, of precisely the same length, found at Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, is to be seen in the armoury at Goodrich Courts[1]
Mr. Francis sent a stone axe from the same collection, the form of which is rather unusual; it was found at Llanmadock, in Gower; its length is 6 in., and weight 23 oz.
Other interesting specimens of Celtic weapons have been recently exhibited at the meetings of the Institute by Mr. Whincopp, of Woodbridge, from his extensive collection of remains discovered in the
- ↑ Skelton's Goodrich Court Armoury, pl. xlviii. See other examples in Gough's Camden, iii. pl. 34; Pennant's Scotland, ii. pl. xliv.; Leitfaden zur nordischen Alterthumskunde, p. 45, where the form of the hilt is shewn.
