Record ID: KENT-ACD7CC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast and incomplete copper-alloy object of late Iron age date, possibly a fitting from a tankard. Description: The strap distributor is trilobate with two paired rings and a third perpendicular to the pair. each ring is an exaggerated D-Shape in cross-section. The lower perpendicular ring has a shank projecting downwards with some flaring towards the base where it is broken and worn. It is patinated dark green with some chunks out of the lower ring. Measurements: 32.2mm high, 25.98mm wide, 13.39mm thick and 12.08g in weight. Discussion: While clearly of late Iron Age in fo…
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
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Record ID: KENT-B13C33
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic vessel foot with integral zoomorphic spout of uncertain age, (see discussion). Description: The object has a circular base, flat on the base and slightly convex on the upper surface. Evenly placed on the base is a pair of long thin legs, which are roughly semi-circular in cross-section. The legs re-join at the body which is represented only as the very front of the chest, from the chest projects a long thin hollow neck, U-Shaped in cross section. The neck projects at roughly 105-110 degree angle from the legs. The upper edges of the neck has incised k…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
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Record ID: KENT-F3A0F0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn sherd of handmade Iron Age to early Romano-British ceramic vessel probably narrow mouthed storrage jar type. Description: The sherd is irregularly shaped and has small handmade rim, little to no neck or shoulders with a large bulbous body. The fabric has an unoxidised outer surface and unevenly oxidised inner surface leaving it a dark grey on the outside and various shades of red-brown and grey on the inside. The inclusion are common and mostly small rounded to subround sandy grit. The breaks are well rounded have likely been worn by rolling action of water. Measu…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-F3D7A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn sherd of handmade probable Iron Age to early Romano-British ceramic vessel. Description: The sherd is a body sherd and irregularly shaped. The fabric has an unoxidised outer surface and unevenly oxidised inner surface has been abraded leaving the grey core exposed, leaving the outer face dark grey and inner lighter.. The inclusion are common and a mix of well sorted small rounded to subround sandy grit and poorly sorted larger sub-angular. The breaks are well rounded have likely been worn by rolling action of water. Measurements: 68.65mm wide, 48.86mm high, 12.03m…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-F41BC9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn sherd of wheel thrown probable late Iron Age to early Romano-British ceramic vessel. Description: The sherd is a body sherd and irregularly shaped. The fabric has an unoxidised outer surface and unevenly oxidised inner, the surface has been abraded showing mixed oxidisation and with layers of pink and a central grey core. The inclusion are common and a mix of common well sorted small rounded to subround sandy grit, common well sorted flecks of quartz, poorly sorted small-larg sub-angular flint grit and some poorly sorted sparse mid grog. The breaks are not well round…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-F44E0E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn sherd of hand made probable mid Iron Age to early Romano-British ceramic vessel. Description: The sherd is a body sherd and roughly triangular in shape. The fabric has an unoxidised outer surface and unevenly oxidised inner. The inclusions are common and a mix of common well sorted medium angluar grog inclusion, some spare mica spec inclusions, many of the inclusions have fallen out. The breaks are well rounded, likely due water action. Measurements: 48.36mm wide, 56.27mm high, 7.66mm thick and 16.98g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-F4C651
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn sherd of wheel thrown late Iron Age to early Roman ceramic vessel. Description: The sherd is a body sher and roughly recatangular in plan. The fabric has an oxidised outer surface, unevenly oxidised core and unoxidised inner surface. The inclusions are a mix of common well sorted small-to large mixed grog, medium coomnon mixed rounded flints and some common well sorted black sandy grit. Many inclusions have fallen out. The breaks are well angular and some striations are visible indicaiting its production via wheel throwing. Measurements: 60.27mm long, 51.54mm high…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-F599D7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn rim sherd of a wheel thrown Iron Age vessel, possibly late Iron Age gallo-belgic bowl. Description: The sherd is a rim sherd and irregularly shaped in plan. The fabric is well fired and hard has an un oxidised outer surface (dark black) and unevenly oxidised core (mid grey-brown) and unoxdised inner surface. The outer surface shows some evidence of burnishing. The rim is small and slightly flared it has a long neck and short shoulders. The inclusions are a mix of irregularly sorted small rounded flints, small - medium rounded grog and some sparse well sorted black sa…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-F60735
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn body sherd of handmade probably late Iron Age vessel, possibly from a cooking jar. Description: The sherd and irregularly shaped in plan. The fabric is well fired and hard has an unoxidised outer surface and core (dark black). The outer surface is ashy suggesting it was a cooking jar. The inclusions are a mix of irregularly sorted small shell temper/sand. The breaks are angular and some striations are visible indicaiting its production via wheel throwing. Measurements: 95.95mm long, 102.43mm high, 8.3mm thic (including rim 6.25mm) and 108.9g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-0D86C7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A coarse prehistoric ceramic vessel fragment. Fabric is rough with abundant pits for missing poorly sorted inclusions, mostly subrounded-rounded likely indicating plant or similar temper, also in the fabric are spares subangular - subrounded small shell inclusions. The fabric has a highly oxidised internally leaving it light grey, the outer fabric is less oxidised with patches of light brown orange visible but moslty dark grey-brown. Pot has no striations and is uneven suggesting it has been hand made. Measurments: 31.87mm high, 27.56mm wide, 9.47mm thick and 8.36g in weight.
Created on: Friday 16th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: KENT-77A0BF
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy rounded moustache-shaped object of late Bronze Age or Iron Age date. Description: The object has been cast in one and is crescentric in shape. It has a uniform vertical groove in the centre of the body, with a rectangular hole beneath.The body tapers down to a point with cast alternating ridges and grooves running up to 14.22mm from the central vertical groove. The alternating pattern is not present on the inside edge of the object and consists of 11 lines on each side. The object is covered in mottled green patena. Measurements: 42.64mm wide, 23.82mm high. 11.04m…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2017
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Record ID: KENT-577F65
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold unidentified object, possibly a fragment of a torc or bracelet, of probable Iron Age date (c. 150-50 BC). Description: The object is comprised of two wires, sub-circular in cross-section, twisted together. The wires are roughly and irregularly facetted along their length, suggesting they were forged out from a square section rod before being hammered into a more circular cross-section. In many places, hammer marks and striations are visible. Both ends show signs of having been chiselled, suggesting that the original object was deliberately broken up. The fragment itself is…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-A071A8
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of probable Iron age torc. Description: A short length of thick gold alloy wire, which gently curves towards one end. It has been cut at both ends using a chisel or similar implement. The surface shows evidence of hammering and a few light scratches. Measurements: length: 16.4mm diameter: 3.2mm weight: 2.15g Discussion: The wire is facetted in places, suggesting it was hammered out from a square-section piece to achieve a rounder cross-section. This is characteristic of Iron Age wire production (Joy et al. 2014: 149-50). Similar fragments, dating from around …
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyminge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-E60757
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy Iron Age looped toggle or element of a similarly dated fastener, dating from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. Description: The toggle is cast in one piece with a circular-sectioned bar axis bar slightly arched towards the smaller bar end. At either end of the axis bar is another bar set perpendicular. these parts are similarly sized to the main axis bar. On has two disc shaped terminals at each end of the bar creating a 'hammerhead' affect. The toggle is patinated a dark green colour with some light verdis gris patches. Measurements: 35mm lo…
Created on: Friday 29th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2017
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Record ID: KENT-316A18
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and engraved copper-alloy toggle of probable Iron Age date. Description: The toggle has two tapering terminals joined by a waisted central shaft. Each terminal is circular in section with two groups of two parallel grooves decorating it where it wides from the narrow part of the terminals. Each terminal tapers gradually before slightly flaring again to for a bulbous end. there are dimples in each of the circular terminals The metal has a mottled dark green-brown patina and is worn. Measurements: 55.35mm long, 9.78mm in diameter (at widest, 6.09mm in diameter…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Record ID: KENT-6B6481
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman strap fitting, likely a baldric ring which would have been used as part of a composite belt suite used to hang a sword scabbard or a strap terret. Description: The loop is formed from an evenly cast ring, with a squashed ovoid cross-section. There is cast integral mushroom shaped stud at the apex of the ring. The stud is roughly mushroom shaped with a thick neck and a circular convex head, which has a rosette decorative motif cast in relief on its upper surface. The ring has two additional knops evenly aligned towards the bo…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: KENT-5CD5D1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast Iron Age copper-alloy probable strap fitting, dating to c. 100BC-100AD. Description: The object is made up of a triangular frame with integral irregularly sized sub-spherical knops at each corner. The arms of the frame have a flattened oval cross section. The frame and knops are heavily patinated a mottled light green colour and are slightly pitted. Measurements: 19.68mm wide, 20mm long, 8.37mm thick at the largest knop (frame 3.73mm thick) and 5.57g in weight. Discussion: This object fits a group of supposed strap ffitings typified by rounded knops att…
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Record ID: KENT-DECAA2
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A large D-shaped flint scraper of uncertain date possibly Late Bronze Age to Iron Age c1000-0BC. Description: The scraper is formed from a large D-shaped flint and rather than being a worked flake is a bifacially worked 'core tool'. It is itrangular in cross-section with the base being rounded. The scraper has been shaped by hard hammer flaking and has a scraping edge along its flat edge. The retouch can be dsecribed as invasive scaled semi-abrupt. There is more retouch along one of the faces partially parralel to the scraping edge which has been carried out to blunt this edge. The…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2017
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Record ID: KENT-87C627
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A coarse scraper of the later Bronze to Iron Age date c 1000-1 BC. Description: The scraper is made from a secondary tear dropped flint flake with short scaled semi-abrupt retouch on the concave edge. The flint dark brown lightening to the edges. There is some light brown cortex on the dorsal face Measurements: 44.32mm long, 33.75mm wide, 7.24mm thick and 10.69g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th August 2019
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Record ID: KENT-ABB2EE
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper likely of late Bronze Age to Iron Age date. Description: The scraper is irregularly shaped, with a large sweeping rounded blade edge, a pointed butt and a slightly concave final edge opposite to the blade edge. The scraping edge is formed from irregular invasive semi-abrupt retouch. The reotuch is struck from the dorsal side. The dorsal side still has about a quarter of the mid brown cortex remaining. There is a some crushing on the concave edge through the cortex whcih may be to blunt this edge. The ventral side has no working a modest bulb of percussion and substa…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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