TR 16 NW 11 - Looped and socketed axe - Historic Environment Record

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Findspot record TR 16 NW 11 - Looped and socketed axe

Summary

A Late Bronze Age socketed axehead reported found in the sea off Whitstable. It may be one of several known to have been recovered through dredging by oystermen off the Whitstable coast. It was purchased by Maidstone Museum in 1953, although it was probably found at a considerably earlier date.

Location

Grid reference	TR 10 66 (point) LO
Map sheet	TR16NW
Civil Parish	WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1200 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

<1> Arch Cant 68 1954 210 (LRA Grove) (OS Card Reference). SKE35431.

<2> F1 CFW 18.09.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42615.

<3> Field report for monument TR 16 NW 11 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5538.

<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 11 (Index). SWX11836.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1>XY SKE35431 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 68 1954 210 (LRA Grove). [Mapped feature: #44191 Find, ]
<2> SKE42615 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 18.09.63.
<3> SKE5538 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NW 11 - September, 1963.
<4> SWX11836 Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 11.