Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Late Bronze Age hoard of spearheads, knives, chesils and picks, dredged from the Thames by Broadness. (Location accurate to 1km based on available information)

Monument Types

• Hoard (Bronze Age spearheads, knives, chesils and picks, Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

• AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• CHISEL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• KNIFE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• PICK (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• SPEAR (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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A Late Bronze Age hoard of 38 spearheads, 2 small knives and a tanged trunnioned chisel, was dredged up from the Thames about 1892, off the west side of Broadness, Swanscombe. The hoard was divided between the British Museum (Greenwell collection), London Museum and Richmond Public Library (1-4). Large concrete wharf built here, no evidence of any further prehistoric remains or foreshore exposures during the 2005 coastal survey (5) Location accurate to 1000m based on available information

<1> P.S.A. 2nd Series, 23, 1909-11, 160-71, (illust) (R. Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE48476.

<2> "Arch of Kent" 1930, 263, 110, 40 (R.F. Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE32583.

<3> London Museum Card Index. (OS Card Reference). SKE46152.

<4> Prehistoric Man in Wales & the West, 1972, 211-84 (ed F Lynch, C Burgess) (OS Card Reference). SKE48654.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

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