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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 NW 5 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Iron Age pottery |
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Summary
Sherds of Iron Age pottery have been discovered in various locations within the parish of Chiddingstone.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5077 4621 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ54NW |
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| Parish: | PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (POTTERY, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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(TQ 50774621) Early Iron Age Potsherds found AD 1931 (NAT) (1) Six sherds of Iron Age pottery, identified by C F C Hawkes as Middle La Tene, found in 1929 in the sand pit opposite Chested House (NE of) Chiddingstone. They were found close together at a depth of about 18 inches. (see illus) (2,3) Pottery in Sevenoaks Museum. More found in 1931. (4) The findspot falls within a now disused sandpit. (5) TQ 5046. One large sherd, a stray find from Chested-Chiddingston, ? is in the possession of Dr Gordon Ward and is an example of the fine ware pottery of the La Tene period. Not seen. (6)
<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.
<2> Arch Cant 45 1933 280-3 illus (N Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE35160.
<3> Maidstone Mus 6" (L R Grove) 25 5 50 (OS Card Reference). SKE46277.
<4> Maidstone Museum Arch Gaz (Anon - undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46405.
<5> F1 ASP 21.12.62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42216.
<6> BAR 10 1975 69 Stamp & Roulette Dec Pottery of La Tene Pd in E Eng (S M Elsdon) (OS Card Reference). SKE37462.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 54 NW 5 - December, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2722.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 45 1933 280-3 illus (N Cook). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus 6" (L R Grove) 25 5 50. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gaz (Anon - undated). [Mapped feature: #18726 find, ] |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 21.12.62. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: BAR 10 1975 69 Stamp & Roulette Dec Pottery of La Tene Pd in E Eng (S M Elsdon). |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 54 NW 5 - December, 1962. |
