Findspot record TR 34 SW 28 - Bronze Age gold ear-ring or hair ornament

Summary

Bronze Age gold ear-ring or hair ornament, fd 1853

Location

Grid reference TR 31 41 (point) LO
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

A Late Bronze Age gold penannular ear-ring or hair ornament with round section tapering to the ends, found in 1853 at Dover is in the Evans Collection at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. (Accession number 1927/2958) Jessup implies more than one ear-ring or hair ornament from Dover. (1,2)


<1> Maidstone Mus Arch Gasz Anon. undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46296.

<2> Arch of Kent 1930 114 255 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36872.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch Gasz Anon. undated.
  • <2>XY OS Card Reference: Arch of Kent 1930 114 255 (R F Jessup). [Mapped feature: #55184 find, ]

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Record last edited

Mar 16 2023 4:33PM