Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Findspot of Neolithic interments plus an axe and potsherds, all discovered sometime prior to 1928, apparently during gravel digging at Beech Wood Hole (or Rose Wood).

Monument Types

• BURIAL (BURIAL, Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• SHERD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 2200 BC)

Full description

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(TQ 59185498) Beech Wood Hole (NAT) (1) Neolithic interments in Beech Wood Hole. Many neolithic relics including pottery. [Harrison (3) does not give the site the name Beech Wood Hole, but Rose Wood. He describes the find spot as a very large hole of the Rose Wood series. Finds include a Neolithic Celt and pottery]. (2,3,4) The site is at present under a hay crop, and was not visited. The owner of the field, Mrs Poulton, "Orwell", Back Lane, Ightam, beleives the finds were made during gravel digging but can offer no further information. They are not noted by Piggott (a) and thier present whereabouts is unknown. (5)

<1> OS 25" 1937 (OS Card Reference). SKE48264.

<2> Rec 6" (E Harrison 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49024.

<3> Harrison of Ightham 1928 177 (E Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE43697.

<4> Pte 6" (L R A Grove 1950) (OS Card Reference). SKE48864.

<5> Neolithic Cultures 1954 (S Piggott) (OS Card Reference). SKE47530.

<6> F1 ASP 29.07.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42340.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 55 SE 17 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2843.

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