Object: Ferrule
Classification: Spear
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Maidstone Museum,Donor R. Golding, Esq.
Site: England,Kent,Parish of Marden,(Jany 1858)
Parish: Marden
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1858
Length (mm): 27
Width (mm): 33
Thickness (mm): 12
Weight (g): 28
Patina: Light greenish blue patina.
Surface: Slightly rough. Small pitting all over.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Weight: 28.35 gms
Associations: Found with hoard
Description: Hollow throughout, with slightly capped base having central domed boss.
Publications: Journ. Brit. Arch. Ass., XIV, 257,R.F. Jessup, 'Kent', 107, 259,V.C.H. Kent I, 322, 336
Remarks: [?Probably as Maston St. Lawrence. Cupped seminal bracelets are not otherwise hollow.]