TQ 75 NW 49 - Neolithic flint sickle and Mesolithic flint pick found at Allington, Maidstone

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Findspot record TQ 75 NW 49 - Neolithic flint sickle and Mesolithic flint pick found at Allington, Maidstone

Summary

In 1910 Mr Norman Bunyard found a Mesolithic flint while digging at Bunyards Nursery, Allington. A Neolithic flint sickle was also found at the Nursery site at an unknown date. The site has since been developed as a housing estate. The items are kept at Maidstone Museum.

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Grid reference	TQ 7371 5699 (point) Centred on
Map sheet	TQ75NW
County	KENT
District	MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish	MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

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A piece of a Ne. flint sickle and Me. flint pick from Bunyard's Nursery, Allington, Maidstone, on exhibition in Maidstone Museum were presented by the late Mrs G Bunyard (a) about 1920 (b). Mr Norman Bunyard cannot remember the date or circumstances of discovery concerning the Ne-implement, but he found the pick whilst digging about 1910 on a part of the nursery now built over, at 'A' TQ 7392 5699. The sickle had been sited to the area of the nursery as it existed c.1910 (b), centred at TQ 7350 5700. (1)

<1> Maidstone Museum Display Cards (OS Card Reference). SKE46460.

<2> Inf Mr Norman Bunyard Mooredown Faraday Road Penenden Heath Maidstone (OS Card Reference). SKE44351.

<3> F1 ASP 08.04.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41993.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 49 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3916.

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<1> SKE46460 OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Display Cards.
<2> SKE44351 OS Card Reference: Inf Mr Norman Bunyard Mooredown Faraday Road Penenden Heath Maidstone.
<3> SKE41993 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 08.04.64.
<4>XY SKE3916 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 49 - April, 1964. [Mapped feature: #20016 Finds, ]

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2021 4:54PM