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Record ID: WAW-FF9418
Object type: ARM GUARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible wrist guard or bracer made from bone. In plan it is rectangular and in section it is a slight crescent. One terminal has three circular holes in a row measuring 3.9mm diameter. This terminal has slightly rounded corners and the edge is slightly bevelled on the upper surface and straight and flat on the edge. The opposite terminal is a cut edge, which has a cut mark alongside it. The surface of the guard has a well developed shiny patina. It measures 44.86mm long, 21.09mm wide, 4.77mm thick and weighs 5.6g.
The identification of a wrist guard or bracer is very tentative for …
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: KENT5254
Object type: ARM GUARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a polished stone archer's wristguard or 'bowman's bracer'. The guard has a flattish underside and slightly convex upper side with rounded edges, and is broken at both ends, possibly as a result of plough damage. One complete drilled circular hole is extant at one end, aligned centrally, and two similar holes partially survive either side of it on the broken end of the guard. Thus originally the guard would have had three holes in a transverse line towards each end. The number of holes, together with its shape, place it in Atkinsons Type B3 (Clark 1970; information from John …
Created on: Monday 24th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'KENT OFFHAM', grid reference and parish protected.
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