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Findspot record TQ 76 SW 33 - Bronze Age axe (looped palstave), Robin Hood Lane, Walderslade

Summary

In the early 1930s a looped bronze axe of palstave form was found in a garden at Robin Hood Lane, Walderslade. It was acquired by Maidstone Museum.

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Grid reference	TQ 7493 6238 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ76SW
County	KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

(TQ 74936239) "Looped BA Palstave found 1933. ?1931" (1) A looped bronze axe of palstave form discovered in a garden at Robin Hood Lane, Walderslade near Chatham in 1931. Acquired by Maidstone Museum. (2) A typical MBA looped palstave seen in Maidstone Museum. Enquiries of the present occupiers of the house (1946-51) produced no further information. The address of the former occupants is not known. (3)

<1> Maidstone Mus Arch 6" Anon Undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46293.

<2> Arch Cant vol 46 1934 195 (N Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE36400.

<3> F1 AC 02-NOV-51 (OS Card Reference). SKE41744.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 33 - November, 1951 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4193.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SKE46293 OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch 6" Anon Undated.
<2>XY SKE36400 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant vol 46 1934 195 (N Cook). [Mapped feature: #24421 find, ]
<3> SKE41744 OS Card Reference: F1 AC 02-NOV-51.
<4> SKE4193 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 33 - November, 1951.