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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 37 SE 5 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Polished stone axe |
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Summary
Polished stone axe found at 101 Northdown Road, Margate
| Grid Reference: | TR 3627 7098 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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TR 36267099. Polished stone axe, found 4 feet below ground level in January 1940 by F.J Kelf while digging an air raid shelter behind his shop at 101 Northdown Road, Margate, is in Margate Public Library. (1) On exhibition in Margate Public Library is a polished stone axe about 9 inches long, found 4 feet below ground level in January 1940 by F.J Kelf while digging an air-raid shelter behind his shop at 101 Northdown Road, Margate. Shop yard centred TR 36277098 (2). Additional references (3,4).
<1> F1 GCS 08.04.53 (OS Card Reference). SKE43008.
<2> F2 CFW 10.10.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43216.
<3> Field report for monument TR 37 SE 5 - April, 1953 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6295.
<4> Field report for monument TR 37 SE 5 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6296.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 GCS 08.04.53. [Mapped feature: #66571 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 10.10.63. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 37 SE 5 - April, 1953. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 37 SE 5 - October, 1963. |
