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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 NE 12 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axe found near Herne Bay pier-head |
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Summary
Part of a Neolithic flint axe found near Herne Bay pier in or before 1960. The item is now in the Royal Museum, Canterbury.
| Grid Reference: | TR 173 683 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16NE |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, 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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TR 173683: On exhibition in the Royal Museum, Canterbury, Acc. No. RM 7796, is part of a Ne. rough flint axe found near Herne Bay pier-head. It was acquired for the Museum in 1960 but no details of the circumstances of finding or its exact provenance are known (1). Additional references (2,3, 4) and for context with other Neolithic finds see (5).
<1> Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury (OS Card Reference). SKE44499.
<2> F1 CFW 23.09.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42716.
<3> Field report for monument TR 16 NE 12 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5520.
<4> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 12 (Index). SWX11836.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23.09.63. [Mapped feature: #44121 Find, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NE 12 - September, 1963. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. |
| <5> | Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 12. |
