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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 95 SW 22
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Neolithic stone axe, Roman coin and fibula brooch and Anglo-Saxon stirrup mount, Lenham Forstal

Summary

A Neolithic stone axe, Roman coin and fibula brooch and an Anglo-Saxon stirrup mount have been found close to Lenham Forstal


Grid Reference:TQ 912 503
Map Sheet:TQ95SW
Parish:LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 4000 BC to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full description

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A neolithic stone axe, Roman coin of Honorius and fibula brooch and an Anglo-Saxon stirrup mount have been found close to Lenham Forstal. The axe (1) was found years before the other finds (2)


<1> Arch Cant 101 1984 364 (D B Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE34570.

<2> Lenham Archaeological Society, 2006, Discovering Ancient Lenham|: Volume One (Serial). SKE13573.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 101 1984 364 (D B Kelly).
<2>XYSerial: Lenham Archaeological Society. 2006. Discovering Ancient Lenham|: Volume One. [Mapped feature: #34763 find, ]