Iron Age sword in bronze scabbard from the Thames at Abingdon. (c) Reading Museum
Iron Age sword in bronze scabbard from the Thames at Abingdon. (c) Reading Museum
An Iron Age sword in a bronze scabbard was found when dredging the Thames below Abingdon Lock in 1969. It is now in Reading Museum (with thanks to Angela Houghton for providing the photograph of the sword).
Published Reference: R.A. Rutland and J.A. Greenaway, 'Archaeological Notes from Reading Museum', Berkshire Archaeological Journal 65 (1970), 59