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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 48 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Two bronze palstave axes, found near St. Lawrence, Ramsgate |
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Summary
Two palstaves both with fork decoration below the stop-ridge, found near St. Lawrence, Thanet before 1927.
| Grid Reference: | TR 371 653 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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On exhibition in the Royal Museum, (a) Canterbury, Acc. Nos. 7813,4, are two palstaves both 6 inches in length with fork decoration below the stop-ridge, found near St. Lawrence, Thanet. They were donated 4-FEB-1927 by Mrs W.J Mercer, formerly of 4 Prices Avenue, Margate, who could not be traced locally. (1)
<1> F1 CFW 07-OCT-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42474.
<2> Royal Museum, Canterbury, Inventory Book (OS Card Reference). SKE49351.
<3> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 48 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6190.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 07-OCT-63. [Mapped feature: #61550 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Royal Museum, Canterbury, Inventory Book. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 48 - October, 1963. |
