TR 16 NW 15 - Looped and socketed axe - Historic Environment Record

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Findspot record TR 16 NW 15 - Looped and socketed axe

Summary

A Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe reportedly found in the vicinity of Whitstable. Like others with a Whitstable provenance (see associated records), it may well have been found offshore, though this cannot be proved. No details of the date or circumstances of discovery are known. The axe was donated to the Royal Museum Canterbury in 1948.

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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> Inventory Book Royal Museum Canterbury (OS Card Reference). SKE44500.

<2> Inf Mother Superior Convent of the Sacred Heart Baxley Rd Maidstone (OS Card Reference). SKE44328.

<3> F1 ASP 25.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42277.

<4> Field report for monument TR 16 NW 15 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5542.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 15 (Index). SWX11836.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SKE44500 OS Card Reference: Inventory Book Royal Museum Canterbury.
<2> SKE44328 OS Card Reference: Inf Mother Superior Convent of the Sacred Heart Baxley Rd Maidstone.
<3>XY SKE42277 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 25.11.63. [Mapped feature: #44196 Find, ]
<4> SKE5542 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NW 15 - November, 1963.
<5> SWX11836 Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 15.