Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Formerly: Miss Frances Healy, 4, California Court, High Road, Bushey Heath, Herts., WD2 1 EB,London Museum 1974
Site: England,Greater London,R. Thames,London,Richmond-upon-Thames,Kew,Found 11.8.73 in mud on S. edge of Thames immediately downstream of Kew Bridge.
Discovery context: river
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1973
Length (mm): 314
Width (mm): 67
Surface: 1 side cleaned down to rather pitted bronze surface. Other side with much sandy encrustation and green corrosion.
Description: Bent in middle