Object: Sword Handle
Classification: Carp's Tongue
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum.,1914.9.24.26,Given by Sir Hercules Read L.L.D.,
Site: England,GREATER LONDON,Croydon,,Addington, Golf Course,Hoard found in August 1914, bought,by Albert Tibball
Hoard: yes
Discovery context: golf course
Parish: Addington
District: Tonbridge and Malling
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1914
Length (mm): 143
Width (mm): 40
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): 173
Patina: green
Surface: corroded
Associations: 1-48,6 Socketed Celts,7 fragments Celts,1 Winged Celt,3 Fragments Celts,1 Socketed Gouge,1 Conical Jet.,1 Chape of sword or dagger scabbard,1 Domed Disc,1 Fragment ribbed Spearhead,1 Fragment Knife or dagger,5 Fragments Swords,1 Fragment Sword Handle,19 Copper cakes
Description: Part of handle & blade. Three slots for holding rivets, one still retaining two rivets.
Publications: Proc. & Trans. Croydon Nat. History & Scientific Soc. 1916-7 p.CVIII,
Remarks: Inacc.