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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 95 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Early Bronze Age arrowhead |
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Summary
Early Bronze Age arrowhead.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 616 740 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2000 BC to 1600 BC)
Associated Finds
- ARROW (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2000 BC to 1600 BC)
Full description
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TQ 616741. An Early Bronze Age Arrowhead was discovered by the Thameside Archeological Group at a depth of 2.48 metres on a Romano-British site at Northfleet (See illustration card). The arrowhead was dated to the period c.2000-1600 BC. The material from which it was made comes from the ancient gravels of the Thames Valley at Swanscombe known as the `Bull-head` beds. There is no mention of its present location. (1)
additional reference (2)
<1> Kent Arch Rev 68 1982 170 (R.J.Ansell) (OS Card Reference). SKE45804.
<2> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1995 Feb, South Thames-Side Development Route IV (Unpublished document). SWX6940.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Rev 68 1982 170 (R.J.Ansell). [Mapped feature: #17670 find, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1995 Feb. South Thames-Side Development Route IV. |
