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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 SW 42 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flint axe, Davington |
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Summary
A rare polished gery flint axe of Neolithic date was found by chance at Cress Way, Davington in 1964.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0086 6155 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06SW |
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| Parish: | FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- GOUGE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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A polished Neolithic grey flint axe presented to Maidstone Museum by Mr John Rose, 35 Cress Way, Faversham, (Acc. No. 67/1966) was found, whilst clearing ground in his back garden in 1964 by Mr J. Smith, 3 Green Way, Davington, near Faversham. Mr Smith indicated the exact findspot at TR 0086 1556 (a) (1). A rare Neolithic polished flint gouge (2). Additional references (3,4).
<1> Inf: Mr LRA Grove Curator Maidstone Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE44422.
<2> F1 ASP 01-SEP-66 (OS Card Reference). SKE41879.
<3> Arch Cant 81 1966 246 fig (Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35722.
<4> Field report for monument TR 06 SW 41 - September, 1966 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5306.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Inf: Mr LRA Grove Curator Maidstone Mus. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 01-SEP-66. |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 81 1966 246 fig (Kelly). [Mapped feature: #40513 find, ] |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 SW 41 - September, 1966. |
