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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 36
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Neolithic polished stone axe

Summary

A Neolithic polished stone axe, found on the foreshore at Bishopstone, was given to Herne Bay Public Library and Museum

Grid Reference:TR 2009 6879
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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 20096879: Ne polished stone axe found on Bishopstone foreshore Feb1969 by Mr Love, 23 Victoria Park, Herne Bay. At present held by Herne Bay Public Library and Museum and findsite mark on MM 6" by Mr Gough, Herne Bay Curator. Sectioned by Maidstone Museum but it is notattributable to any known group - called Kent 42. To be published in Arch Cant. (1). Additional references (2-6) and for context with other Neolithic finds see (7).


<1> Maidstone Museum 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE46355.

<2> D B Kelly Arch Asst and proof notes for Vol 84 Arch Cant (OS Card Reference). SKE39542.

<3> R Gough Curator/Librarian Herne Bay Library and Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE48911.

<4> F1 CFW 04-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42422.

<5> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 36 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5871.

<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 36 (Index). SWX11836.

<7> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6".
<2>OS Card Reference: D B Kelly Arch Asst and proof notes for Vol 84 Arch Cant.
<3>OS Card Reference: R Gough Curator/Librarian Herne Bay Library and Museum.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-NOV-69.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 36 - November, 1969.
<6>XYIndex: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 36. [Mapped feature: #50682 Find, ]
<7>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent.