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southern Britain sometime during or after the ninth century BC. They came from Northern France, with the coast of Brittaney and the mouth of the Seine playing an important role in this early cross channel trade. The consignments would probably have been mainly swords and socketed spearheads, so knives such as this would not have been so important.
We would have expected the Isle of Wight to play a significant part in cross channel trade, so it is surprising that only three items of the Late Bronze Age period are known to have been found. This is especially surprising when you take into account the number of hoards of axes, which have been found from the Middle Broze Age.
Perforated knives of this type carried on into the Iron Age, when they became more triangular in shape.
Named the hog-back knife, on account of it’s shape, this was possibly a chopping tool, carried on the person by means of a strap through the hole.
Given it’s rarity on the Island, we think it was a very good find and well worthy of this months feature.
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