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In the British Museum today, so some pictures. This is a first century Celtic sword found in Stanwick, Yorkshire. The scabbard is of ash, and when found it still had the blade in the scabbard.





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Both of these are featured in Dr Ian Stead's opus:

British Iron Age Swords and Scabbards I M Stead (British Museum Press 2006) ISBN 0714123234

Scaled drawings, photo's and descriptions of, I think, every iron age sword found in Britain.

Not cheap but recommended.

No hilt surviving?