Record ID: KENT-0278AC
Object type: ANVIL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and very worn probable middle to late Bronze Age copper-alloy 'beaked' anvil c.1600-801BC (Ehrenberg 1981, 17). The anvil survives as a square body with two shanks from two of the straightish edges. Each shank is slightly pointed but very worn so full length is uncertain, each of the two 'blank' edges of the square body may be a break likely indicating further possible shanks or beaks but wear and patination obscures the detail. One maybe a V-Shaped working surface but it remains uncertain. One of these shanks may have been used to secure the anvil in wood and the other/…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Spatial data recorded.