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Monument details

Summary

A Neolithic polished greenstone axe in Folkestone Museum, found in a field at the top of Sydney Street, Folkestone (name centred TR 231370) was donated by Mr T G Jones, 17.3.1904, but no details of circumstances or date of finding are known. The whole area is now completely developed.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

• AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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A Neolithic polished greenstone axe in Folkestone Museum, found in a field at the top of Sydney Street, Folkestone (name centred TR 231370) was donated by Mr T G Jones, 17.3.1904, but no details of circumstances or date of finding are known. The whole area is now completely developed. (1) There are two Neolithic polished adzes in the Folkestone Museum, one from a short distance east of it, in Sidney Street. (2-4)

Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKe6815.

<1> F1 ASP 29.04.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42338.

<2> Arch Cant 87 1972 210 (AH Gibson) (OS Card Reference). SKE35887.

<3> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 62 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5637.

<4> Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

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