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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 23 NW 36
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Bronze Age beaker

Summary

A butt-shaped Bronze Age beaker measuring 6.5 inches is in Folkestone museum.

Grid Reference:	TR 220 373
Map Sheet:	TR23NW
Parish:	FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

BEAKER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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A butt-shaped beaker (B2) which came to Folkestone Museum as part of "the Old Collection" before 1918 was probably found in Folkestone. It s 6.5 inches high, of a soft fabric, and is ornamented with four zones of horizontal notched lines. (1) No further information was gained at Folkestone Museum, except that its provenance was deduced from its containing local brick-earth. The main brick-works of Folkestone were centred at TR 220373 and have been disused for many years. (2) additional references (3-4)

RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKe6910.

<1> Antiquaries Journ 20 1940 487 illus (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE33261.

<2> F1 CFW 23-APR-1964 (OS Card Reference). SKE42721.

<3> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 36 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5620.

<4> RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKE6910.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main.
<1>XY	OS Card Reference: Antiquaries Journ 20 1940 487 illus (R F Jessup). [Mapped feature: #44940 find, ]
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23-APR-1964.
<3>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 36 - April, 1964.
<4>	Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main.