Plate XL.
Upper and lower portions of side of the Bronze Sheath, from Lisnacroghera, full size, of which a half-size representation is given, [Plate XII.] fig. 2.
Fig. 199.—Upper portion of Bronze Sheath. Full-size.
Fig. 200.—Iron Sickle. Eleven inches from point of blade to end of tang.
Another ornamented bronze sheath ([plate XII., fig. 3]), of which the upper portion is here given, full size. A sword of iron with bronze fittings to the handle: this is not the sword to which the sheath belongs. An iron sickle that had been affixed to its handle by a tang; their usual length was twelve inches—occasionally much smaller—and they may be divided into two classes, bronze and iron. Sickles of iron have been found amongst Roman and Saxon remains in Britain. A spear-head of iron (ante, [plate X.]). An iron adze (ante, p. [69], [fig. 31]), and some miscellaneous objects of the same metal (ante, p. [68], [figs. 28 to 30]). Six butt-ends of spear-shafts formed of bronze: five of these are represented (p. [64], [figs. 19 to 23]); the sixth is here given ([fig. 201]). Boss-like objects (six in number) and rings of bronze, supposed to be fragments of defensive armour ([plate XV.]). A bronze rivet (ante, p. [119], [fig. 152]). Two hollow penannular rings of bronze (ante, p. [119], [fig. 150]). An article composed of bronze, probably an amulet (ante, p. [116], [fig. 145]). An object in bronze, richly decorated (ante, p. [67], [fig. 26]). Three circlets of bronze (ante, p. [119], [figs. 153-5]). A small loop of bronze (ante, p. [109], [fig. 135]). A disc composed of thin bronze (ante, p. [72], [fig. 34]). A small boss or stud of bronze (ante, p. [119], [fig. 151]). Portion of an amulet of jet. Three beads of glass (ante, p. [124], [figs. 165-7]).