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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 SE 14
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Brett's Quarries, Westbere Marshes

Summary

Bronze Age spearhead found circa 1945 and chisel found circa 1949 at the Roman occupation site in Westbere Marshes quarry.

Grid Reference:TR 1845 6038
Map Sheet:TR16SE
Parish:STURRY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • CHISEL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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A MBA spearhead was found c.1945 and a broken bronze chisel c.1949, at the Roman occupation site [TR 16 SE 7: TR 18456038] in Messrs. Brett's Quarries, Westbere Marshes. They were dredged up during gravel-working operations. Both are on exhibition in the Royal Museum, Canterbury. The chisel (acquired 28/6/49, accession no., RM6324) is two and three quarter inches long and one inch broad; and the spearhead (no accession no., from Westbere Marshes) is looped and nine and a quarter inches long. (1) additional references (2-7)


<1> Arch NL 1 12 Apr 1949 3 (OS Card Reference). SKE36787.

<2> Arch Cant 62 1949 146 (F Jenkins) (OS Card Reference). SKE35346.

<3> Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury (OS Card Reference). SKE44499.

<4> Card with exhibit Royal Mus Canterbury (OS Card Reference). SKE38593.

<5> F1 ASP 04.12.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41916.

<6> Field report for monument TR 16 SE 14 - December, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5563.

<7> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994, A28 Sturry Bypass: A Interim Review of the Archaeological Resource and Historic Landscape (Unpublished document). SKE7002.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch NL 1 12 Apr 1949 3.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 62 1949 146 (F Jenkins). [Mapped feature: #44225 find, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury.
<4>OS Card Reference: Card with exhibit Royal Mus Canterbury.
<5>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 04.12.63.
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 SE 14 - December, 1963.
<7>Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994. A28 Sturry Bypass: A Interim Review of the Archaeological Resource and Historic Landscape.