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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NW 9 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axe, Allhallows-on-Sea |
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Summary
A Neolithic polished flint axe was found in 1901 on the foreshore near Slough Fort. It was a black flint marbled axe with green veins, with a very smooth surface. Last thought to be in Rochester Museum.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8360 7894 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NW |
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| Parish: | ALLHALLOWS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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KAS were informed in 1902 of the 'discovery of a fine neolithic flint celt along the shore in front of Slough Fort, in the parish of Allhallows'. The tool was 71/4 inches in length by 3 inches in width, of a black flint marbled, and very smooth surface with green veins. Now in Rochester Museum (1). (2), (3), (4) - additional references.
<1> Arch Cant 25 1902 lxv (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34893.
<2> F1 CFW 08-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42479.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 87 NW 9 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4643.
<4> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 25 1902 lxv (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #31585 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 08-APR-63. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 87 NW 9 - April, 1963. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. |
