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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NE 65
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Neolithic polished flint axe

Summary

Neolithic polished flint axe found at Gidd's Pond, Ware Street, Boxley in 1962. Now in Maidstone Museum.

Grid Reference:TQ 7850 5699
Map Sheet:TQ75NE
Parish:BOXLEY, 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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A Ne. polished flint axe, the cutting edge broken, was found at Gidd's Pond, Ware Street, Boxley, by Mr. D.H. Hammond, while working a cultivator on his market garden in 1962. Mr. Hammond indicated the exact findspot at TQ 7851 5699. The axe is in store in Maidstone Museum (Accession number 34/1962). (1) [TQ 78515699] Neolithic Axe found 1962 [NAT]. (2)


<1> Maidstone Museum Pte 6" (D B Kelly undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46485.

<3> Mr D H Hammond 10 Grace Ave Maidstone (OS Card Reference). SKE47371.

<4> F1 ASP 05.03.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41928.

<5> 1:10000 1982 (OS Card Reference). SKE32745.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 64 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3828.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Pte 6" (D B Kelly undated).
<3>OS Card Reference: Mr D H Hammond 10 Grace Ave Maidstone.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05.03.64.
<5>XYOS Card Reference: 1:10000 1982. [Mapped feature: #19234 find, ]
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 64 - March, 1964.