Object: Ring
Classification: Hollow Ring/Ring of Arc Section
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 sumnmit 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
Weight (g): 40
Patina: Patchy green patina, most of the surface is the colour of pewter.
Surface: Smooth
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for socketed chisel.
Description: Fragment of broken bronze ring of which half of most is missing. Contains traces of wood.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Evans,Jessup, Arch. of Kent, 107,Journ. Anthrop. Inst. III, 230
Remarks: ?Is this classification right? (No other hollow loop recorded).