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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 22 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age gold earring, found on the foreshore of Minnis Bay, Birchington |
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Summary
A gold earring, found in 1958 on the foreshore of Minnis Bay. Thought to be Bronze Age in date. On exhibition in the Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park.
| Grid Reference: | TR 27940 69606 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- EAR RING (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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On exhibition in the Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park, is a gold ear-ring with line decoration found in 1958 by Miss Powell-Cotton (a) on the foreshore of Minnis Bay - area centred TR 279697. It is thought to be Bronze Age (1). Additional references (2,3).
<1> oral: Miss Powell-Cotton Quest Park. (OS Card Reference). SKE48054.
<2> F1 CFW 07-OCT-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42474.
<3> Field report for monument TR 26 NE 21 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5820.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: oral: Miss Powell-Cotton Quest Park.. [Mapped feature: #48913 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 07-OCT-63. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NE 21 - October, 1963. |
