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Earth, Brooksend near Monkton:
The fine stone wrist guard from the double ring-ditch ‘Beaker burial’.
A wrist guard protects an archer’s inner wrist from chafing on releasing
an arrow. Notice the holes for attaching thongs.
A guard may have been attached to a leather wrist band when in use.
In this case, the wrist guard may have been ceremonial rather than functional.
Service Road, Plateau 6.
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