Object: Sword
Completeness: Fragment
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? (Kent LXXIV. NE.)
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 40
Width (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 52
Patina: green & brown
Surface: smooth
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first sword fragment.
Description: Fragment of shoulders; rivet holes torn; on each side of mid rib are three incised lines on one face of blade, on the other face (drawn in sketch) in out side of midrib are four incisions.
Publications: Evans,Journ. Anthrop. Inst. III 230.,Ant. Journ. XXX, 279.,Jessup. Arch. of Kent, 107.