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Monument details

HER Number:TR 04 NE 15
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age axe, Wye Downs

Summary

A flanged Bronze Age axe was found on Wye Downs, although the precise location of this find is uncertain. At the time of its discovery the artefact was identified as "a sort of chisel" similar in form to the northern axe series of Northern Germany and Scandinavia: it has more recently been identified as a flanged axe of Medocain (French) type. It is now in the Merseyside Country Museum as part of a collection donated to the city in 1867.

Grid Reference:TR 07 46
Map Sheet:TR04NE
Parish:WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC (at some time) to 701 BC (at some time))

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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The Early Bronze Age flanged axe found on Wye Down, and illustrated by Jessup, and described as a "sort of Chisel" is an example of, or closely allied to, the northern axe series of Northern Germany and Scandinavia. It is in Liverpool Free Public Museum. (1-3) No further information. (4) Flanged celt, 6.5ins, from Wye Down in the Mayer Collection at Liverpool (5) Wye Down, Flanged axe of Medocain (French) type, hole in butt (see illus), in Merseyside Country Museum, Acc. no. M6997, the Mayer collection having been donated to the city in 1867 (6). (6-8)


<1> Arch of Kent 1030 97 264 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36860.

<2> Arch Cant 65 1952 182 (P Ashbee) (OS Card Reference). SKE35400.

<3> Ibid vol 74 1960 54 (P Ashbee & G C Dunning) (OS Card Reference). SKE44196.

<4> F1 CFW 15-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42593.

<5> Anc Bronze Imps of GB 1881 52 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE33041.

<6> Cat of Prehist Metalwork in Mersey Co Mus 1980 16 fig (S M Nicholson) (OS Card Reference). SKE38726.

<7> Mayer Coll Slip Cat 1873-84 (C T Gatty) (OS Card Reference). SKE46565.

<8> VCH Kent vol 1 1908 307-338 (G Clinch) (OS Card Reference). SKE51190.

<9> BAR 31 1976 26 (M J Rowlands) (OS Card Reference). SKE37527.

<10> Field report for monument TR 04 NE 15 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5130.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch of Kent 1030 97 264 (R F Jessup).
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 65 1952 182 (P Ashbee).
<3>OS Card Reference: Ibid vol 74 1960 54 (P Ashbee & G C Dunning).
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 15-MAY-1963.
<5>XYOS Card Reference: Anc Bronze Imps of GB 1881 52 (J Evans). [Mapped feature: #38775 axe, ]
<6>OS Card Reference: Cat of Prehist Metalwork in Mersey Co Mus 1980 16 fig (S M Nicholson).
<7>OS Card Reference: Mayer Coll Slip Cat 1873-84 (C T Gatty).
<8>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 1 1908 307-338 (G Clinch).
<9>OS Card Reference: BAR 31 1976 26 (M J Rowlands).
<10>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NE 15 - May, 1963.