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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SE 6 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Flint celt, found on shore near Minster, Sheppey |
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Summary
Flint celt, found on shore near Minster, Sheppey
| Grid Reference: | TQ 95 73 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SE |
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| Parish: | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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Chipped flint celt, stained with iron oxide, 6" long, 3 1/2" wide. Found on shore near Minster, Sheppey. Presented by J. Copland, Esq., of Sheerness. [Collection dispersed, most going to Rochester Museum, where above find is now probably held.](1) The Payne collection has been dispersed to the British, Rochester and Maidstone Museums. Exact whereabouts of the axe not ascertained. (2). For context with other Neolithic finds see (4).
<1> Catalogue of Museum of Local Antiquities collected by G Payne 1882, 7 (OS Card Reference). SKE38743.
<2> F1 ASP 12-NOV-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42075.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 97 SE 6 - November, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5002.
<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 Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document).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: Catalogue of Museum of Local Antiquities collected by G Payne 1882, 7. [Mapped feature: #36614 Findpot, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 12-NOV-59. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 97 SE 6 - November, 1959. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. |
