Record ID: KENT-326057
Object type: ROD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Length of round-sectioned gold rod, cut bifacially at one end. The fragment is undiagnostic, and a date cannot be assigned to it. Non-destructive X-ray flourescence of the surface composition in the range of 71-75% gold, 13-16% silver and 9-12% copper.
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUTTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-2A9AD7
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Short length of distorted gold rod of approximately circular cross-section. Both ends appear to have been cut using a chisel. Diameter of rod 5mm; weight 3.21g. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface indicated a gold content of approximately 55-58%, a silver content of approximately 40-44% and a copper content of more than 1%. Possibly a distorted solid penannular ring, the diameter of which would have been approximately 13mm. Should this be the case, the piece could fit morphologically into the category of Bronze Age penannular rings. These are generally date…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepherdswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C361B1
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a plain gold rod. The gold rod is circular in section and is rounded at one end and broken at the other. The surface is smooth and only slightly pitted. There is no decoration though some evidence for small hammer marks on the rod. Due to its undiagnostic nature it does not represent Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996).
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C4CEE1
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The find consists of a short length of gold rod, or ingot that has been flattened and expanded at both ends by hammering and then snipped across the ends; length, 23 mm; weight, 4.1 grams.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-1D63A6
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Length of thick gold wire or rod. The piece has a neat circular section except where chopped at either end. Cutting or chiselling from opposite ends has given the ends a wedge-like profile. The piece is 37.25mm long, with a diameter of between 2.86mm to 2.60mm. It weighs 3.27g. The rod is undiagnostic, but its composition is consistent with a Bronze Age date.
Created on: Friday 12th March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringlemere', grid reference and parish protected.