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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT OFFHAM', grid reference and parish protected.