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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 SE 23
Type of record:Findspot
Name:A Bronze Age hoard

Summary

Bronze hoard found at Stourmouth in 1963; at least one potsherd associated

Grid Reference:TR 264 625
Map Sheet:TR26SE
Parish:STOURMOUTH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • BRACELET (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • CHISEL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • FERRULE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • GOUGE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • INGOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • KNIFE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SWORD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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[TR 264 625] A small hoard of forty-nine Late Bronze Age implements including axes, socketed chisels, bracelets, broken swords, associatedwith a finger-top decorated potsherd in a pot (since lost) was found by workmen digging a drainage ditch during 1963. The discovery was made in the rear garden of a public house "The Rising Sun" [TR 2656 6250]. Apart from one axe "which was given to the publican, who handed it over to Mr J. Bradshaw in 1974" the finds were taken away by the building workers and given to Mr J. Coy of Margate. (1-3) Additional bibliography. (4)


<1> KAR 2 1965 33 (JG Coy) (OS Card Reference). SKE45252.

<2> Kent Arch Res Grp Council N/L 2 1965 13 (JG Coy) (OS Card Reference). SKE45721.

<3> BAR 67 Bronze Age Hoards 1979 181-189 (C Burgess and D Coombs) (OS Card Reference). SKE37548.

<4> Arch Cant 88 1973 217 (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE35943.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: KAR 2 1965 33 (JG Coy).
<2>OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Res Grp Council N/L 2 1965 13 (JG Coy).
<3>OS Card Reference: BAR 67 Bronze Age Hoards 1979 181-189 (C Burgess and D Coombs).
<4>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 88 1973 217 (J Bradshaw). [Mapped feature: #51212 find, ]