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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 83 NE 3 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axe |
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Summary
A Neolithic polished flint axe of length 13.5cm was found at a depth of six feet during the cutting of a drain in 1930. The axe remains in private possession of the person who found it.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8594 3696 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ83NE |
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| Parish: | BIDDENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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[TQ 8529 3725] Ne. polished flint axe found by Mr. Bidders, Biddenden. Length 5 1/4". (1)
Mr. Bidders found the axe at TQ 8595 3696, six feet down, when cutting a drain in 1930. It is still in his possession. (2)
<1> Maidstone Mus 6" (D Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE46274.
<2> Mr Bidders Senior Biddenden Kent 11.2.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE47365.
<3> F1 ASP 11-FEB-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42051.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 83 NE 3 - February, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4315.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus 6" (D Kelly). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Mr Bidders Senior Biddenden Kent 11.2.63. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 11-FEB-63. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 83 NE 3 - February, 1963. [Mapped feature: #26677 find, ] |
