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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 38 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age finds |
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Summary
Finds of a Bronze spearhead and pottery sherds
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5828 5682 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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| Parish: | IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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A bronze spearhead and pottery found in Kiln Field (centred at TQ 5828 5683) on the northern slope of Oldbury, were in the possession of Colonel James of Ightham Court, who moved from the district before 1888. Nothing further is known about the finds or their present whereabouts. The field in question is a long established orchard within Oldbury Camp. (1)
<1> Oldbury & the Surroundings 1888 (Maidstone & Mid-Kent Phil Soc) 5 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE47872.
<2> F1 ASP 05-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41936.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 38 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2781.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Oldbury & the Surroundings 1888 (Maidstone & Mid-Kent Phil Soc) 5 (G Payne). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05-AUG-64. |
| <3>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 38 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #25760 Find, ] |
