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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 74 NE 8
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Linton, general area: surface-finds of Late Prehistoric flint artefacts (Neolithic axeheads and Bronze Age arrowheads)

Summary

Neolithic axes and Bronze Age arrowheads found before 1893 on farmland in the district between Court Lodge, Wester Hill and Great Tilden. Objects found in an area of Lower Greensand geology.

Grid Reference:TQ 74999 49000
Map Sheet:TQ74NW
Parish:LINTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
  • AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • ARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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A large quantity of palaeolithic and neolithic implements were found pre 1893 by D. F. Kennard on farmland in the district between Court Lodge, Wester Hill and Great Tilden. In 1932, Mrs. Kennard of Dean Street, Maidstone, presented to the Museum a collection including an Archeulean ovate, a broken hand axe, 2 BA tanged arrowheads, 6 BA barbed and tanged arrowheads, and Neolithic axe, and knives and points (all broken). The exact provenance of these finds is unknown. (1)
Additional bibliography. (2)
Other info (3-5). See separate HER record for Palaeolithic material from same locality.


<1> F1 ASP 14-JAN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42102.

<2> PSA (2nd series) 15 1893-5 38-40 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE48749.

<4> Arch Cant 21 1895 li-lii (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34830.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 74 NE 8 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3731.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-JAN-64.
<2>OS Card Reference: PSA (2nd series) 15 1893-5 38-40 (G Payne).
<4>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 21 1895 li-lii (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #18528 find, ]
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 74 NE 8 - January, 1964.