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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 23 NW 12
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Late Bronze Age bronze sword

Summary

A late Bronze Age bronze sword, dated between circa 1000-700 BC, was dredged from the sea in 1951, about 40 yards off shore in East Wear Bay, Folkestone, off the site of the Roman villa [see TR 23 NW 11]. It is 25.625 inches long, and is complete. The sword appears to be native, and is the only one of its type known in Kent. It has a `unique' thickened `moulding' below the outer rivet hole on each side. The finder Mr H Brice, who retained it, died some years ago and efforts by Folkestone Museum to trace its subsequent history and present whereabouts were unsuccessful.

Grid Reference:	TR 245 370
Map Sheet:	TR23NW
Parish:	FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

SWORD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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[Area TR 245370]. A late Bronze Age bronze sword, dated between c.1000-700 BC, was dredged from the sea in 1951, about 40 yards off shore in East Wear Bay, Folkestone, off the site of the roman villa [see TR 23 NW 11]. It is 25.625 inches long, and is complete. The sword appears to be native, and is the only one of its type known in Kent. It has a `unique' thickened `moulding' below the outer rivet hole on each side. (1) The finder Mr H Brice, who retained it, died some years ago and efforts by Folkestone Museum to trace its subsequent history and present whereabouts were unsuccessful. (2) Additional Info (4)

Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKe6815.

<1> Arch Cant 65 1952 90-2 illus (J D Cowen) (OS Card Reference). SKE35408.

<2> F1 CFW 26.04.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42765.

<3> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 12 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5598.

<4> Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, 1993, Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston (Unpublished document). SKE6801.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.
<1>XY	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 65 1952 90-2 illus (J D Cowen). [Mapped feature: #44701 find, ]
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 26.04.64.
<3>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 12 - April, 1964.
<4>	Unpublished document: Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology. 1993. Desk based study of the maritime archaeological potential in areas under proposal for the Dover & Folkeston.