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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 SE 17 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric macehead, Thames pick, and flint flakes |
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Summary
`A' Thames pick `B' macehead `C' flint flakes
| Grid Reference: | TR 1729 6231 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16SE |
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| Parish: | STURRY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- MACE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Full description
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A quartzite macehead, three and a half inches in diameter with hour-glass perforation, was found at `B' TR 17276231 on the Garden Nurseries of F. Rowbotham, Foxhill House, Sturry. A Thames pick, six and a quarter inches in length, was found nearby at `A' TR 17186228. The implements were discovered in June, 1963, by Mr. Les Marsh, foreman, who indicated the exact findspots. They are on loan to, and on exhibition in, the Royal Museum, Canterbury. (Acc. numbers, RM 8373 (Macehead), RM 8374 (pick). Mr. Rowbotham has in his possession some flint flakes found recently during planting in an area he indicated to the east of the Sturry road, centred at `C' TR 17416235. (1)
<1> Inf Mr P Rowbotham (OS Card Reference). SKE44352.
<2> Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury (OS Card Reference). SKE44499.
<3> F1 ASP 22.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42229.
<4> Field report for monument TR 16 SE 17 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5566.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Inf Mr P Rowbotham. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury. |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 22.11.63. [Mapped feature: #44228 find, ] |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 SE 17 - November, 1963. |
