Object: Disc
Classification: Mount with Claws for Attachment
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 N.E. 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): 73
Width (mm): 64
Thickness (mm): 2
Weight (g): 43
Patina: Mottled green and brown.
Surface: Smooth on outer surface, rather rougher on inner.
Other: Thickness of disc: 1.5mm
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for socketed chisel.
Description: This flat oval disc of metal, somewhat buckled out of its line shape. From one point of the edge a split runs to an irregular hole in the disc. On the back (see sketch) are six claws. No. 1 is broken off short, about 1.5mm tall; 2 entirely missing, but its position is visible; 3 is like 1. Nos 4 + 6 are complete, standing 5.5mm high with their ends hammered inwards towards the centre; 5 is 4.5mm high and straight.
Publications: Evans,Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Jessup, Arch. of Kent, 107,Journ. Anthrop. Inst. III, 230