Object: Sickle
Classification: Knobbed
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: c/o A. Peachey,151 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, Nr. Croydon,April 1926
Site: England,Kent,Dartford
Parish: Dartford
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Weight (g): 59
Patina: Greeny brown patina, with traces of golden bronze on the faces and along the back of the blade.
Surface: Smooth generally; slightly pitted on side remote from the projection.
Description: Thin single-edged blade, with slight curve: the cutting edge is broken at each end of the fragt., but preserved in the middle. Slightly bent. At the wider end is a projection (circular) about 5 mm high. There is no corresponding projection on the other side.
Remarks: Perhaps a sickle. At first sight, it resembles part of the rim of a cauldron, owing to the bend, but this bend is due to distortion.