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Monument details

Summary

A serrated flint flake or saw was found at the Warren, north of Ashford. The flake is approximately 4cm in length and was made on a blade displaying a hinge at its broad end. This type is associated with the Neolithic. The find is recorded as having been 'given to the musuem', thought to be Maidstone Museum although it precise whereabouts today are uncertain.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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TQ 999 444. A serrated flint flake or saw was found by Mr D. Beckett of Potter's Corner at the Warren, north of Ashford, and given by him to the museum (Acc. No. 69. 1960). 1.7 ins long, of buff coloured flint, made on a blade showing a hinge fracture at the broad end. Associated with Secondary Ne-cultures (1).

Mr D. Beckett no longer lives in the Ashford district and his present where abouts could not be traced. The site falls in the Warren a fairly large tract of wood land containing old sandpits (2).

Additional information (3- 4).

<1> Maidstone Museum: Arch Gazetteer (Anon: undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46499.

<2> F1 ASP 14-NOV-61 (OS Card Reference). SKE42105.

<3> F2 CFW 01-JAN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43192.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 94 SE 5 - November, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4776.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 94 SE 5 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4777.

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