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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 SE 3 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Flint assemblage, Bethersden |
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Summary
A small group of flint flakes, blades and the butt end of a flint axe have been found near Bethersden. This area is within the fork of two tributaries of the River Beult, and no other flint knapping areas are known within its close vicinity.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 891 414 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84SE |
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| Parish: | SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC? to 42 AD? (at some time))
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Undated)
- FLAKE (Undated)
Full description
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TQ 892415. A small group of flint flakes and blades and the butt end of a flint axe have been found by a Mr. Wyatt, now deceased, and Miss. W. Buckman of Hamden Stone, Bethersden. This area is within the fork of two tributaries of the River Beult, and a considerable distance from other flint knapping areas. (1)
<1> Arch Cant 87 1972 231 (OS Card Reference). SKE35897.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 87 1972 231. [Mapped feature: #27713 find, ] |
