In Maidstone Museum there is a palstave from Milton near Sittingbourne presented by a Mr Smeed at an unknown date. It is thought to be one of the three bronze axes found with bones whilst digging for brick earth about 1 mile N.E. of Sittingbourne and about the same distance from Watling Street, in May 1864. The Palstave is 5" long and 2" wide at its cutting edge: it is badly corroded.(a)(b) (1) Additional bibliography. (2)

<1> Arch J 21 1894 171-2 (OS Card Reference). SKE36598.

<2> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer - MS in progress (OS Card Reference). SKE46412.

<3> F1 CFW 01-Jul-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42376.

<4> Welsh Antiquity 1976 89 (C Burgess) (OS Card Reference). SKE51309.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 3 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4862.