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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 NW 1017
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age bronze celt, Broadness

Summary

A Bronze celt dating with a late Neolithic or early Bronze age date was dredged from the Thames. It was found in same area as Late Bronze Age hoard of spearheads at Broadness. (location accurate to the nearest 1km based on available information)

Grid Reference:	TQ 60 76
Map Sheet:	TQ67NW
Parish:	SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (bronze celt, Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 1001 BC (between))

Associated Finds

AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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An ornamental bronze celt was dredged from the Thames alongside several picks. The celt was of much earlier date; probably not part of the hoard. (1,2) [The Richmond collection was transferred to London Museum.](3) The Broadness hoard, described and illustrated in full, is assigned by Burgess et al to the LBA `Broadward Tradition', which is characterised mainly by barbed spearheads. (4) No further remains noted during the 2005 coastal survey (5)

<1> P.S.A. 2nd Series, 23, 1909-11, 160-71, (illust) (R. Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE48476.

<2> "Arch of Kent" 1930, 263, 110, 40 (R.F. Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE32583.

<3> London Museum Card Index. (OS Card Reference). SKE46152.

<4> Prehistoric Man in Wales & the West, 1972, 211-84 (ed F Lynch, C Burgess) (OS Card Reference). SKE48654.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: P.S.A. 2nd Series, 23, 1909-11, 160-71, (illust) (R. Smith).
<2>	OS Card Reference: "Arch of Kent" 1930, 263, 110, 40 (R.F. Jessup).
<3>	OS Card Reference: London Museum Card Index..
<4>	OS Card Reference: Prehistoric Man in Wales & the West, 1972, 211-84 (ed F Lynch, C Burgess).
<5>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.