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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 3
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age flanged axe found near Reculver in 1854

Summary

Bronze Age flanged axe found near Reculver in 1854.

Grid Reference:TR 22 69
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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A Bronze Age flanged axe, now in the Ashmolean Museum, was found near Reculver in 1854 (1). Additional reference (2) and site photographs (3,4).


<1> Arch of Kent 1930 261 97 (RF Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36912.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 3 (Index). SWX11836.

<3> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11653.

<4> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11639.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Arch of Kent 1930 261 97 (RF Jessup). [Mapped feature: #50334 find, ]
<2>Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 3.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2268/6. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2168/1. print.