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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NW 14
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age beakers found near Hermitage Farm, Maidstone

Summary

Two bronze Age beakers were found near Hermitage Farm in 1905. No further details of the find are known.


Grid Reference:TQ 7317 5612
Map Sheet:TQ75NW
Parish:MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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[TQ 73185612] Celtic Urns found A.D.1905 [NAT] (1-2) Two beakers, 1905. (3) Two BA beakers found 1905. (4) In schedule of beakers; "Allington" (?two) (record of one, now destroyed, in Maidstone Mus.) (5) At least one and prob. two Bronze Age Beakers found by Mr. May. Now destroyed. (6) Site surveyed on 25" Antiquity Model. (7) Neither Mr. David May, the present owner of Hermitage Farm, nor Maidstone Museum could offer further details about the find. (8) Additional bibliography. (9)


<1> OS 6" 1909 (OS Card Reference). SKE48324.

<2> OS 6" 1936-47 (OS Card Reference). SKE48342.

<3> Rec 6" (OGS Crawford, undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE49068.

<4> Maidstone Mus Arch 6" (Anon undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46291.

<5> Arch Camb 7s 5 1925 27 (C Fox) (OS Card Reference). SKE34482.

<6> Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz MS in progress (OS Card Reference). SKE46312.

<7> R3 AC 30.7.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE48945.

<8> F1 ASP 10.03.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42024.

<9> OS 1:10,000 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48142.

<10> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 14 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3866.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1909.
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1936-47.
<3>OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (OGS Crawford, undated).
<4>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch 6" (Anon undated).
<5>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Camb 7s 5 1925 27 (C Fox). [Mapped feature: #19696 Find, ]
<6>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz MS in progress.
<7>OS Card Reference: R3 AC 30.7.59.
<8>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 10.03.64.
<9>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10,000 1974.
<10>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 14 - March, 1964.