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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 SW 33 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Barbed-and-tanged arrowhead, Barming |
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Summary
One isolated Bronze Age barbed-and-tanged arrowhead was found on the surface 100yards (99.14m) from North Pole Road within Barming Wood in 1950. The precise location is unknown but it was south of the road. The artefact is in Maidstone Museum Store.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 714 548 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75SW |
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| Parish: | BARMING, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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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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In `about 1950' a BA barbed-and-tanged arrowhead was found, on the surface, about 100 yards from the road in Oaken Wood by Mr R. E. Hunt at approximately TQ 714 548. It is now in store in Maidstone Museum. (1)
<1> Maidstone Museum Arch Gaz (OS Card Reference). SKE46404.
<2> R E Hunt 15 Gatland Road Barming (OS Card Reference). SKE48910.
<3> F1 FGA 26.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42980.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 33 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4022.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gaz. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: R E Hunt 15 Gatland Road Barming. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 26.02.64. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 33 - February, 1964. [Mapped feature: #21181 find, ] |
