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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 45 SE 1
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age quartzite hammer

Summary

Bronze Age quartzite hammer

Grid Reference:TQ 4638 5495
Map Sheet:TQ45SE
Parish:BRASTED, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HAMMER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 46385495] Quartzite hammer found AD 1900 [T.I.] (1) Small Bronze Age polished quartzite hammer. (2) TQ 46385495: A small B.A. polished quartzite axe (a) or hammer (b) with cylindrical perforation is noted as found at Westerham c. 1900, but no details are given and its present whereabouts is unknown. The published findspot (which may not be very accurate) is an allotment garden on a gravel terrace of the River Darenth. (3)


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Maidstone Mus 6" (LRA Grove, Curator, 25.5.1950) (OS Card Reference). SKE46282.

<3> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (NC Cook, undated). (OS Card Reference). SKE46420.

<4> Maidstone Museum 6" (NC Cook, undated). (OS Card Reference). SKE46379.

<5> F1 ASP 14-AUG-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42096.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 45 SE 1 - August, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2678.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus 6" (LRA Grove, Curator, 25.5.1950).
<3>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (NC Cook, undated)..
<4>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6" (NC Cook, undated)..
<5>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-AUG-62.
<6>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 45 SE 1 - August, 1962. [Mapped feature: #60318 find, ]