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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 71
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Arrowheads and Potsherds

Summary

A Mesolithic transverse arrowhead, a Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead and fragments of coarse pottery possibly Neolithic were found by Burchell about 1937 in Brook Vale, Northfleet. Accurate to 100m based on available information

Grid Reference:TQ 620 735
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Finds

  • ARROW (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SHERD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

Full description

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A transverse arrowhead, a barbed and tanged arrowhead and some fragments of very coarse pottery (Neolithic), now in the British Museum were found by Burchell about 1937 at TQ 620 736 in Brook Vale, Northfleet. They rested on peaty silt,underlying hill wash, at 10-11 feet depth, and were noticed in the upper face of a now disused and water-filled chalk quarry (a) (1). Additional references (2,3, 4).

Accurate to 100m based on available information


<1> Inf. Major J.P.T. Burchell, Fawke Common, Sevenoaks, 12.10.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE44382.

<2> F1 ASP 16-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42141.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 71 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3689.

<4> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1995 Feb, South Thames-Side Development Route IV (Unpublished document). SWX6940.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Inf. Major J.P.T. Burchell, Fawke Common, Sevenoaks, 12.10.64.
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16-OCT-64.
<3>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 71 - October, 1964. [Mapped feature: #17457 Find, ]
<4>Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1995 Feb. South Thames-Side Development Route IV.