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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 174
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age socketed axes and a palstave

Summary

Bronze Age socketed axes and a palstave probably from Baker's Hole purchased at the sale of the late GM Arnold's Museum, Gravesend in 1912 by WH Cooke, Snodland.

Location approximate based on available information


Grid Reference:TQ 610 739
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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Baker's Hole has yielded bronze implements in addition to palaeoliths. (1) Four bronze socketed celts and a bronze palstave, probably from Baker's Hole, purchased at the sale of the late GM Arnold's Museum, Gravesend in 1912 by WH Cooke, Snodland. (2) Originally recorded as part of TQ 67 SW 48. (3)

Location approximate based on available information


<1> Letter (RF Jessup 5.1.52) (OS Card Reference). SKE46077.

<2> Maidstone Mus Gazetteer (OS Card Reference). SKE46321.

<3> KMF 11-JUL-1995 RCHME Recording (OS Card Reference). SKE45978.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Letter (RF Jessup 5.1.52).
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Gazetteer.
<3>OS Card Reference: KMF 11-JUL-1995 RCHME Recording.