Findspot record TQ 75 SW 24 - Bronze Age flanged axe

Summary

Bronze Age flanged axe

Location

Grid reference TQ 7459 5446 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ75SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

[TQ 74595447] Bronze Age flanged axe dredged from river in 1916. (1) TQ 7459 5447. On display Maidstone Museum is a palstave, with a semi-ovate depression immediately below the stop-ridge, dredged up from the Medway in 1916. (This palstave was described initially in the Maidstone Museum Gazetteer as a flanged axe; there can be little doubt, therefore, that the flanged axe referred to by Authy.1 is in fact this palstave). (2)


<1> Rec 6" (OGS Crawford undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE49061.

<2> F1 CFW 17.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42602.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 24 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4013.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (OGS Crawford undated).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 17.02.64.
  • <3>XY Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 24 - February, 1964. [Mapped feature: #21083 Find, ]

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Record last edited

Dec 5 2024 3:42PM