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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 18
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age socketed spearhead

Summary

Bronze Age socketed spearhead. Found February 1922 whilst widening Watling Street. Neither the exact provenance nor the present whereabouts were ascertained during recording or field investigation.

Grid Reference:TQ 618 727
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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Bronze Age socketed spearhead found on the 28th. February 1922 whilst widening Watling Street at Springhead. (a) (1) Neither the exact provenance nor the present whereabouts were ascertained during recording or field investigation. (2)


<1> Rev. W.H. Steadman, Rectory, Northfleet. (OS Card Reference). SKE49237.

<2> Maidstone Museum Gazetteer (OS Card Reference). SKE46463.

<3> F1 AC 06-DEC-51 (OS Card Reference). SKE41768.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 18 - December, 1951 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3647.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report (Unpublished document). SKE31600.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Rev. W.H. Steadman, Rectory, Northfleet..
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Gazetteer.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 AC 06-DEC-51.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 18 - December, 1951.
<5>XYUnpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2003. Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report. [Mapped feature: #16916 Find, ]