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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 77 SE 38
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Bronze Age sword, Upnor Reach, Frindsbury Extra

Summary

A Bronze Age sword with a flanged hilt and fifteen rivet holes for attaching wooden or bone hilt plates was found in the Medway near Upnor. Thought to now be held at the British Museum.

Grid Reference:	TQ 7615 7094
Map Sheet:	TQ77SE
Parish:	FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC (between))

Associated Finds

SWORD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 76 71 - sited to Lower Upnor only] Bronze Age sword with flanged hilt having fifteen rivet holes for attaching wooden or bone hilt plates was found in the Medway near Upnor. Now in the British Museum (1). A sword from the Medway at Upnor Reach is 31 1/4inches long and 1 7/8 inches wide at the broadest part (2). Unable to gain access to site location in 2004 as area is used by the military. (3)

<1> Arch of Kent 1930 105 ( R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36868.

<2> Anc Bronze Imps of GB 1881 280 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE33040.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Arch of Kent 1930 105 ( R F Jessup).
<2>	OS Card Reference: Anc Bronze Imps of GB 1881 280 (J Evans).
<3>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.