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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NE 67
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age barbed-and-tangled arrowhead, 48 Ashford Road, Bearsted

Summary

A bronze Age barbed-and-tangled arrowhead was found in the garden of 48 Ashford Road, Bearsted,in 1960 and is now on display in the Maidstone Museum.


Grid Reference:TQ 7890 5528
Map Sheet:TQ75NE
Parish:BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • ARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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A B.A. flint barbed-and-tanged arrowhead, on display in Maidstone Museum (Accession number 9/1960), was found by Master John Court in 1960 in the garden of 48 Ashford Road, Bearsted. He indicated the exact findspot at TQ 7891 5528.


<2> Display Card Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE39737.

<3> Arch Cant 80 1965 275 (D B Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35696.

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

<5> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 66 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3830.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<2>OS Card Reference: Display Card Maidstone Museum.
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 1965 275 (D B Kelly). [Mapped feature: #19236 find, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05.03.64.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 66 - March, 1964.