Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Rochester Museum
Site: England,Kent,Chatham,The Brook
Parish: Chatham
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 370
Width (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 9
Patina: Dull light green patina darker towards point.
Surface: One side fairly smooth, some encrustment. Other side slight encrustment and some light coloured earth adhering.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: 57mm; 38mm; 28mm,Thickness: 9mm; 8mm
Description: One rivet remains. Blade fractured in three places.
Publications: R.F. Jessup, 'Kent', 102, 253,B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S., 1962. No. 5, p. 96, No. 79
Remarks: Trump's II Keelogue