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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NE 61 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Neolithic arrowhead found in Maidstone |
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Summary
A Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead was found in the winter 1957-8 in Queen's Road, Maidstone, on land belonging to Darge Thomson Ltd. Mr. Darge stated that the arrowhead was sifted from a load of soil which had been transported to the nursery from the Ightham area of Kent, and its exact provenance was unknown.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 74 55 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NW |
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| Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- ARROW (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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A neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead was found in the winter 1957-8 in Queen's Road, Maidstone, on land belonging to Darge Thomson Ltd., and presented to Maidstone Musuem (Acc.No.31.1958) (1) Mr. Darge stated that the arrowhead was sifted from a load of soil which had been transported to the nursery from the Ightham area of Kent, exact provenance unknown. (2)
<1> Arch Cant 72 1958 223 (E J E Pirie) (OS Card Reference). SKE35514.
<2> F1 ASP 05.03.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41928.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 60 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3825.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 72 1958 223 (E J E Pirie). [Mapped feature: #19229 Find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05.03.64. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 60 - March, 1964. |
