Findspot record TQ 74 NE 8 - Linton, general area: surface-finds of Late Prehistoric flint artefacts (Neolithic axeheads and Bronze Age arrowheads)

Summary

Neolithic axes and Bronze Age arrowheads found before 1893 on farmland in the district between Court Lodge, Wester Hill and Great Tilden. Objects found in an area of Lower Greensand geology.

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Grid reference TQ 74999 49000 (point) LO
Map sheet TQ74NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish LINTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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A large quantity of palaeolithic and neolithic implements were found pre 1893 by D. F. Kennard on farmland in the district between Court Lodge, Wester Hill and Great Tilden. In 1932, Mrs. Kennard of Dean Street, Maidstone, presented to the Museum a collection including an Archeulean ovate, a broken hand axe, 2 BA tanged arrowheads, 6 BA barbed and tanged arrowheads, and Neolithic axe, and knives and points (all broken). The exact provenance of these finds is unknown. (1)
Additional bibliography. (2)
Other info (3-5). See separate HER record for Palaeolithic material from same locality.


<1> F1 ASP 14-JAN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42102.

<2> PSA (2nd series) 15 1893-5 38-40 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE48749.

<4> Arch Cant 21 1895 li-lii (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34830.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 74 NE 8 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3731.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-JAN-64.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: PSA (2nd series) 15 1893-5 38-40 (G Payne).
  • <4>XY OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 21 1895 li-lii (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #18528 find, ]
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 74 NE 8 - January, 1964.

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Record last edited

Sep 16 2022 1:43PM