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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 23 NW 50
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Neolithic axe

Summary

A Neolithic axe found off Sandgate High Street was found while digging a sewer trench. Now in Maidstone Museum.

Grid Reference:	TR 2001 3509
Map Sheet:	TR23NW
Parish:	SANDGATE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 2200 BC)

Associated Finds

AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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A narrow, unpolished Neolithic axe, found 4-MAY-1963 off Sandgate High Street, is on display in Maidstone Museum (Acc. No. 36/1963). It was discovered by Mr R Smith, of No.14, Prospect Place, Maidstone, at 8ft depth whilst he was digging a sewer trench to a new housing estate. Mr Smith gave the approximate findspot as TR 20013509. (1)additional references (2-3)

<1> F1 ASP 12-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42064.

<2> Maidstone Museum Pte.6" (L.R.A. Grove 1963) (OS Card Reference). SKE46492.

<3> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 50 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5629.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>XY	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 12-AUG-64. [Mapped feature: #45090 Find, ]
<2>	OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Pte.6" (L.R.A. Grove 1963).
<3>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 50 - August, 1964.