Object: Sword
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lemmon, Saltwood
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood, on line of railway cutting 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yards NE by N of summit of hill. Found June 4, 1872
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXIV NE
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 53
Width (mm): 25
Weight (g): 40
Patina: Greyish green patina
Surface: Smooth
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first sword fragment.
Description: Part of hilt. Two rivet holes, below the second is a slight central thickening; slight flanges along the edge. The whole is slightly bent.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX 278,Evans,Jessup, Arch. of Kent, 107,Journ. Anthrop. Instit. III, 230