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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 SW 10 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Middle Bronze Age dagger |
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Summary
A middle Bronze Age dagger now in the British Museum was found in Ashford. This handtool is approximately 14.5cm in length and has a broad midrib emphasised by incised lines. Unfortunately no further details about the discovery of this find were available.
| Grid Reference: | TR 01 42 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04SW |
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| Parish: | ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
Associated Finds
- DAGGER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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A MBA bronze dagger from Ashford in the British Museum is 5.7ins long and has a broad midrib emphasised by incised lines. (1)
No further information. (2)
<1> Arch of Kent 1930 102 251 illust (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36866.
<2> F1 CFW 07-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42471.
<3> Field report for monument TR 04 SW 10 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5179.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch of Kent 1930 102 251 illust (R F Jessup). [Mapped feature: #39600 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 07-MAY-1963. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 SW 10 - May, 1963. |
