TQ 75 NE 8 - Early Bronze Age Flint Dagger found at Penenden Heath, Maidstone

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Findspot record TQ 75 NE 8 - Early Bronze Age Flint Dagger found at Penenden Heath, Maidstone

Summary

Early Bronze Age flint dagger found in 1915 in the nursery grounds of G. Bunyard & Sons at Penenden Heath.

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Grid reference	TQ 7739 5722 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ75NE
County	KENT
District	MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish	MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

An EBA flint dagger on display in Maidstone Museum, and presented by the late Mrs. G. Bunyard c. 1920 was found in 1915 in the nursery grounds of G. Bunyard & Sons at Penenden Heath (now centred TQ 7740 5723). No further information could be obtained regarding the exact find-spot. (1)

<1> PPSEA 6 pt4 1931 352 (W F Grimes) (OS Card Reference). SKE48641.

<2> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (in progress) Anon undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46417.

<4> Inf Mr Norman Bunyard Moordowne Faraday Road Penenden Heath Maidstone (OS Card Reference). SKE44350.

<5> F1 ASP 10.03.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42024.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 8 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3777.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SKE48641 OS Card Reference: PPSEA 6 pt4 1931 352 (W F Grimes).
<2> SKE46417 OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (in progress) Anon undated.
<4> SKE44350 OS Card Reference: Inf Mr Norman Bunyard Moordowne Faraday Road Penenden Heath Maidstone.
<5> SKE42024 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 10.03.64.
<6>XY SKE3777 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 8 - March, 1964. [Mapped feature: #19180 find, ]