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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 74
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Neolithic axe (frag of) found 1957

Summary

The cutting edge of a Neolithic polished stone axe, probably ritually broken, was found in 1957 in Bere Wood, Guston.

Grid Reference:TR 3413 4390
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:GUSTON, DOVER, 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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The cutting end of a Ne polished flint axe, probably ritually broken, on display in Dover Museum (accession number A1/807) was found 1957 in Bere Wood, Guston (centred at TR 34134390). Mrs Milner of Brompton House, Guston, who gave the axe to the museum in the same year, stated that one of her sons had found it by a foxhole whilst out shooting, but he could not remember the exact findspot. (1)

Additional Info(4,5).


<1> Dover Mus Acc Book (OS Card Reference). SKE41497.

<2> F1 ASP 28-MAY-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42335.

<3> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 74 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6018.

<4> RPS Coulston, 1993, Proposed pipeline route A1 preliminary archaeological and ecological review of the proposed aligm't (Unpublished document). SKE6817.

<5> RPS, 1995, St Margarets, Cliffe, to Brickfield Cottages, Water Pipeline: Archaeological Monitoring Report (Unpublished document). SKE7105.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Dover Mus Acc Book. [Mapped feature: #55249 find, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 28-MAY-64.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 74 - May, 1964.
<4>Unpublished document: RPS Coulston. 1993. Proposed pipeline route A1 preliminary archaeological and ecological review of the proposed aligm't.
<5>Unpublished document: RPS. 1995. St Margarets, Cliffe, to Brickfield Cottages, Water Pipeline: Archaeological Monitoring Report.