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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 65 NW 42
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Iron Age coin

Summary

Findspot of a Gallo-Belic 'E' type gold stater.

Grid Reference:	TQ 6126 5719
Map Sheet:	TQ65NW
Parish:	BOROUGH GREEN, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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A Late Middle Acheulian handaxe and a Gallo-Belic 'E' type old stater, found in a garden at Borough Green, where brought to Maidstone Museum in 1964 for identification. NGR 613572. (1) Found by Mr Fellows in his garden (centred TQ 61265717) AT "Sandway", Maidstone road, Borough Green. Mr Fellows, who could not be contacted, retains the axe and coin. (2) TQ 613572. One gold Gallo-Belgic E coin from Borough Green, found in 1964. Present location unknown. (3) TQ 613572 Findspot of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe in Head geology. (4-5) The handaxe has a separate record.

<1> Arch Cant 79 1964 218 (Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35665.

<2> F1 ASP 24-OCT-66 (OS Card Reference). SKE42269.

<3> Inst of Archaeology Occ Paper 1978 Supp/Gaz of find spots of Celtic coins in Britain 1977 17 (C Haze (OS Card Reference). SKE44483.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 42 - October, 1966 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3383.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 79 1964 218 (Kelly).
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 24-OCT-66.
<3>	OS Card Reference: Inst of Archaeology Occ Paper 1978 Supp/Gaz of find spots of Celtic coins in Britain 1977 17 (C Haze.
<4>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 42 - October, 1966.
<5>	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text].