Record ID: KENT-430A22
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment a copper ingot, dating from the Late Bronze Age, circa 1000-800BC. The worn surface is dull red-brown in colour and has some pitting from the casting process. It is 33.52mm long, 19.76mm thick and weighs 87.87 grams.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beacon Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-B33677
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the early to middle Bronze Age. This arrowhead is bifacially worked with covering removals and is triangular in shape. Two notches were flaked at the proximal end to form the tang and barbs which are now damaged. The tip of the arrowhead has been snapped, and the edges of the arrowhead show clear signs of plough damage. It is 25.75mm long, 19.47mm wide, 5.1mm thick and weighs 2.49 grams.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-282500
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1200-900BC. Copper alloy, cast but broken and badly corroded, socketed Bronze Age spear tip. Although badly corroded with the cutting edges and body corroded or broken away there is a remnant of a dark green patina between the body of the spear and the cutting edges.
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-BC3820
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age tanged arrow head. Light grey flint.
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lamberhurst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-ED8F86
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, cast gold 'finger-ingot', roughly plano-convex in section. Cut marks are visible (possibly done with a chisel in antiquity). Comparable pieces were found in a hoard from Mooghaun, County Clare, Ireland, where other items are datable to the Late Bronze Age. This example is probably of a similar date.
Created on: Monday 19th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRABOURNE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D91AF6
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy unlooped middle Bronze Age palstave axehead. The blade has a wide cresent shaped cutting edge that is corroded and chipped with no evidence of the original sharp edge. There is a triangular shaped recess below the stop ridge (blade end) on one side, while corrosion obscures this on the other side. The stop ridge is rectangular in plan, and diamond shaped in profile. There is an old break at the butt end. Casting scars are found down the length of both sides. Mainly dark green in colour with lighter green pitting caused by corrosion. The original polished dark brown pa…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-8D3476
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age dirk or rapier blade. The blade narrows just below a trapzoidal shaped hilt, becoming parallel-sided, and is bent just before a worn transverse break. The hilt has two rivet holes, of 7.25mm diameter. One of these is incomplete, but the other retains a cylindrical copper alloy rivet, length 13mm by diameter 8.2mm. These rivets would have attached the handle, which would have been of an organic material such as wood or horn. Based on the line drawing this fragment has been reidentified as a group IV dirk or rapier, and not a dagger as previously…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-8C2D91
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rectangular-sectioned object with flared terminal. Both ends have a worn break. Possibly a Bronze Age chisel. The form and patina (which is an un-even green brown) possibly indicates an eastern Mediterranean origin.
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-094D72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Collection of Late Bronze Age - late Iron Age flint tempered pot sherds. 1 rim sherd (8.28g) and 12 body sherds (95.68g)
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northbourne cricket pitch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-E304D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sherd late Bronze Age or early Iron Age pottery. The fabric heavily contains flint inclusions, with each inclusion measuring up to 7.3mm. The surface of the sherd is blackened, while the body is black and red.
Created on: Monday 1st August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-ACD9F3
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, with part of the wooden handle surviving. The gouge itself is worn, possibly from water action, and is incomplete, most of the mouth having broken off. There are a pair of faint incised transverse lines, presumably decoration, just below the mid- way point, around the back of the gouge. The gouge measures 72.36mm in length, 18.14mm-20.07mm in width and it weighs 54g. The wooden handle, which is shaped to fit the socket is 73.15mm long, 12.75mm-13.43mm wide and weighs 7g. When the handle is inserted into the socket the combined obje…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-2C7D65
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy palstave tool, probably a re-worked chisel. The haft, which accounts for 75mm of the 97.69mm overall length, has a shield-shaped terminal, indicating an early date in the Middle Bronze Age for this object. It seems probable that the blade was originally much longer, and straight-sided. It was re-worked, possibly as a blade, with the re-working producing a rounded, flared cutting edge. A lip around the terminal of the haft has been largely removed by re-working. The object has an even, dark-brown patina.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-FF58C5
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy axehead, probably a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead. Only a small part of the cutting edge is present and the break just above the blade edge is worn.
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COBHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-971951
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Section of cast copper alloy double-edged blade, probably from a sword, but possibly from a spearhead. Worn transverse breaks at either end, lozenge cross-section, edges tapering towards point. Width varies between 34.2 and 42.1mm. Bronze Age, probably of Late Bronze Age date.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-41D923
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead. Light grey to brown flint.
Created on: Monday 6th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-66D011
Object type: DISC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc with large ring and dot design. Projecting flange from one edge. Date and function uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COBHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-58F468
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy penannular ring, probably an armlet or torc. For most of its length it has a rounded cross-section with a maximum diameter of about 9mm. It narrows towards each terminal, before expanding slightly into terminals with a squarish cross-section about 6-7mm across. It is bent slightly out of shape. This object is possibly of Bronze Age date, but its lack of diagnostic features makes this uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: KENT-E34693
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy flat dagger blade. The blade, which has an even green patina, is slightly damaged around most of its edge, and of two original rivet holes for the attachment of the handle, only one is partially present. There are a series of incised overlapping circles on either side mid-way between the rivet holes. This dagger dates to the Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Monday 31st January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-A74F63
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy adze, of middle to late Bronze Age date.
Created on: Friday 28th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: KENT-6A6F97
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy strip with four copper alloy rivets.
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kent', grid reference and parish protected.