Seven 'golden armillae' briefly mentioned as 'more recently discovered in the same district and at the same time [as four LBA torques found in a box in the Medway below Aylesford in 1861] - see TQ 75 NW 27 in Kent Arch Soc Mus. (1) Add ref to authority 1 but 'the precise details as to the localities of all the finds is not given.' (2) Two broken torcs and a broken armlet found in the river near Aylesford were almost certainly a votive offering. (Illustration is captioned 'Gold ornments of the Bronze Age, probably found in the Medway, near Aylesford'.) (3) The finds are in Maidstone Museum. The seven torques are in nine fragments. (4) Two torcs and an armlet, all deliberately broken, dredged from the river Medway are almost certainly votive offerings. (5)HE arcvive material: OS59/F45/6 L.B.A.GOLD MEDWAY TORQUES FROM AYLESFORD.

L.B.A.GOLD MEDWAY TORQUES FROM AYLESFORD. (Photograph). SKE1447.

L.B.A.GOLD MEDWAY TORQUES FROM AYLESFORD. (Photograph). SKE1447.

<1> Arch Cant vol 9 1874 1 ff illus (C Roach Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE36440.

<2> VCH Kent vol 1 1908 325 334 (G Clinch) (OS Card Reference). SKE51192.

<3> Arch of Kent 1930 112 plate X (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36871.

<4> Oral: L R A Grove Curator Maidstone Museum 25 5 59 (OS Card Reference). SKE48033.

<5> F1 ASP 26.05.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42298.

<6> SE Eng 1970 136 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE49421.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 38 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3900.