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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 24
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age flanged axe

Summary

Early Bronze Age flanged axe found in 1856.


Grid Reference:TR 30 42
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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A flanged axe, 4 inches long, found at Buckland, (TR 3042) Dover, in 1856, and formerly in the Mayer Collection at Liverpool, but returned to Dover Museum (b), must be presumed to have been destroyed when the museum was damaged in the last war. (1)

See TR 34 SW 33.


<1> ABI 1881 52 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE32977.

<2> Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz Anon undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46308.

<3> Inf: Mr Warner; Curator, Dover Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE44425.

<4> F1 ASP 25.05.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42272.

<5> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 24 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5974.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: ABI 1881 52 (J Evans). [Mapped feature: #55180 find, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz Anon undated.
<3>OS Card Reference: Inf: Mr Warner; Curator, Dover Museum.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 25.05.64.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 24 - May, 1964.

Related records

TR 34 SW 33Part of: Bronze Age hoard, Buckland (Findspot)