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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NW 3 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age Palstave ; 2 bronze axes |
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Summary
Palstave/BA; 2 bronze axes/BA.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 90 65 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NW |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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In Maidstone Museum there is a palstave from Milton near Sittingbourne presented by a Mr Smeed at an unknown date. It is thought to be one of the three bronze axes found with bones whilst digging for brick earth about 1 mile N.E. of Sittingbourne and about the same distance from Watling Street, in May 1864. The Palstave is 5" long and 2" wide at its cutting edge: it is badly corroded.(a)(b) (1) Additional bibliography. (2)
<1> Arch J 21 1894 171-2 (OS Card Reference). SKE36598.
<2> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer - MS in progress (OS Card Reference). SKE46412.
<3> F1 CFW 01-Jul-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42376.
<4> Welsh Antiquity 1976 89 (C Burgess) (OS Card Reference). SKE51309.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 3 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4862.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch J 21 1894 171-2. [Mapped feature: #34937 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer - MS in progress. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 01-Jul-63. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Welsh Antiquity 1976 89 (C Burgess). |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 3 - July, 1963. |
