TQ 54 SE 6 - Iron Age urn and polished flint axe, Powder Mill Lane, Southborough

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Monument record TQ 54 SE 6 - Iron Age urn and polished flint axe, Powder Mill Lane, Southborough

Summary

An Iron Age cinerary urn and fragment of a polished flint axe thought to have been found near Powder Mill Lane in 1910. A previous exhibition in Tunbridge Wells Museum recorded the urn as having been found with a fossil sea urchin and a broken stone axe in it, and a cinerary urn was found c.1m away. The urn was said to have been made of a grey ware. The present whereabouts of these artefacts are uncertain.

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Grid reference	TQ 5915 4215 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ54SE
County	KENT
District	TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish	SOUTHBOROUGH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

CINERARY URN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full Description

[Marginal] Exhibited in the Tunbridge Wells Mus. is an IA urn and a fragment of polished axe. A note with the exhibits states:- 'Iron Age pot found together with a fossil sea urchin and a broken stone axe in it 2' 6" below surface just north of Powder Mill Lane. A cinerary urn was found at the same level and 3 feet away. Found 1910". The urn of a grey ware about 4" high, 3 1/2" across the mouth and 2 1/2" across the base. It has no ornament. The fragment of axe is of polished flint, 2 1/2" long and 2" wide. The cinerary urn referred to is not exhibited and Mrs. Bradley, Curator of the Mus. has no knowledge of it. (1)

<1> F1 EG 22-MAY-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42869.

<2> Field report for monument TQ 54 SE 6 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2732.

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SKE42869 OS Card Reference: F1 EG 22-MAY-59.
<2>XY SKE2732 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 54 SE 6 - May, 1959. [Mapped feature: #19380 find, ]