Record ID: KENT-A5B841
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Bronze Age jet or shale terminal bead from a spacer plate ornament, c.2050 BC-1800BC. The bead is trapezoidal in shape and sub-rectangular in cross section. There is a circular drilled perforation at the pointed terminal though which single thread would be attached. The are three further circular perforations on the reverse surface which travel though the bead at approximately 45 degrees and emerge on the bottom edge. A separate thread would be attached to each hole allowing three strings of beads to emerge from the spacer bead. The upper surface is decorated with lines of pu…
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA', grid reference and parish protected.