TQ 53 NE 3 - Mesolithic flints, 'The Spa' Golf Course, Tunbridge Wells

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Findspot record TQ 53 NE 3 - Mesolithic flints, 'The Spa' Golf Course, Tunbridge Wells

Summary

A Mesolithic blade and scraper thought to have been found near 'The Spa'. These artefacts were on exhibition in Tunbridge Wells Museum and suspected to have been found at the Spa Golf course, although no further records could confirm this.

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Grid reference	TQ 570 392 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ53NE
Civil Parish	RUSTHALL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
County	KENT
District	TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC (at some time) to 4001 BC (at some time))

Full Description

Me. blade and scraper on exhibition in Tunbridge Wells Museum listed as being from 'The Spa'. The curator, Mrs Bradley, thought that this probably meant the Spa Golf Course but could offer no further information. Unpublished: no Museum Acc. No. (1) Spa Golf Course: There are no finds listed in the gazetteer of Mesolithic sites as being from the general area of the golf course. (2)

<1> F1 CFW 16-JAN-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42600.

<2> CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz of Me sites in Eng and Wales (J J Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38866.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 53 NE 3 - January, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2702.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SKE42600 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 16-JAN-63.
<2> SKE38866 OS Card Reference: CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz of Me sites in Eng and Wales (J J Wymer).
<3>XY SKE2702 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 53 NE 3 - January, 1963. [Mapped feature: #12127 Find, ]