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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NE 4
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Flint axe, Roseacre Lane, Bearsted

Summary

Flint axe of Scandinavian Type with an expanded and curved cutting edge was found in 1934 during early construction work at the site. Now on display in Maidstone Museum.

Grid Reference:TQ 7970 5605
Map Sheet:TQ75NE
Parish:THURNHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 7969 5608]. Scandinavian type flint axe, found January 1934. (1) On display in Maidstone Museum is a Ne. thick-butted polished flint axe (or gouge) with expanded and curved cutting edge of Danish type. (Accession number 6/1934). It was found by Mr. A. H. Holtom in January, 1934, at a depth of 4 feet in pure sand, whilst he was levelling ground prior to the construction of a cowshed in Roseacre Lane, Bearsted. Mr. Holtom indicated the exact findspot at TQ 79705605. (2)


<1> Corr 6" (L R A Grove) (OS Card Reference). SKE39273.

<2> Early Bronze Age in Wessex P.P.S.4 1938 101 (Piggott). (OS Card Reference). SKE41562.

<4> Inf Mr A H Holton Sunnycot Roseacre Lane Bearstead (OS Card Reference). SKE44330.

<5> F1 ASP 26.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42295.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 4 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3771.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Corr 6" (L R A Grove).
<2>OS Card Reference: Early Bronze Age in Wessex P.P.S.4 1938 101 (Piggott)..
<4>OS Card Reference: Inf Mr A H Holton Sunnycot Roseacre Lane Bearstead.
<5>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26.02.64.
<6>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 4 - February, 1964. [Mapped feature: #19156 Find, ]