The silver mosaic sword remains intact after 800 years

The 13th-century sword with many silver mosaic carvings emerged between the bucket of excavator in the English golf course.

A group of earth miners found ancient inscription swords, birds and silver-encrusted animals while dredging ponds at the golf course, where the bloody battle of Fornham (1173-1174) took place in England, Bury Free Press reported on April 8. This medieval sword is said to be a remnant of the battle in which the forces loyal to King Henry II chased the Earl of Leicester's rebellious henchmen to the swamp and massacred them.

The ancient sword is still intact with silver inlaid carvings.(Photo: Suffolk County Council).

The area for the Battle of Fornham today is a golf course in All Saints, Fornham St Genevieve, a village in St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk county in eastern England. Excavators were extremely surprised when they saw the ancient sword protruding from the bucket of excavator.

"It is fortunate that the bucket digger does not break the sword. I have found old coins, bottles and the like, but have never seen anything like this. Very rarely have an ancient thing. so intact after all these years, "said David Weakes, owner of construction company Weakes Construction.

According to David Harris, who is in charge of excavation work at the hotel, the sword was sent to a conservation expert for a closer examination. When cleaning the sword, the expert found the inscription lines, birds and silver inlaid animals. The sword and the scabbard are preserved by the Archaeological Authority of Suffolk County Council.

This is the second 12th-century sword found from the area of ​​the Fornham battle. The first sword bearing numb "The Fornham Sword" was discovered in 1933 under the mud at the bottom of the moat in Fornham Park. This sword also has a silver mosaic "God bless you" on one side and "In the name of God" on the other side.