TR 16 NW 19 - L.B.A. sword - Historic Environment Record

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Findspot record TR 16 NW 19 - L.B.A. sword

Summary

A Late Bronze Age Ewart Park-type bronze sword from Whitstable is in Maidstone Museum, having been purchased at Sotheby's in 1963. Formerly part of the collection of Dr HA Fawcett, no details of its discovery and subsequent history are known.

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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 (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

The late Bronze Age sword from Whitstable, formerly in the collection of Dr. H. A. Fawcett, was purchased at Sotheby's for Maidstone Museum 22.7.63 (1). No details of the history of this sword are known (2). The sword is a Ewart Park type sword of Late Bronze Age date. Complete except for the top part of the hilt, it is very worn in appearance. (3) Additional references (4-5).

<1> Arch Cant 78 1963 203 (OS Card Reference). SKE35638.

<2> LRA Grove Curator Maidstone Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE46193.

<3> F1 CFW 09.04.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42486.

<4> Field report for monument TR 16 NW 19 - April, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5546.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 19 (Index). SWX11836.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1>XY SKE35638 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 78 1963 203. [Mapped feature: #44200 Find, ]
<2> SKE46193 OS Card Reference: LRA Grove Curator Maidstone Mus.
<3> SKE42486 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 09.04.65.
<4> SKE5546 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NW 19 - April, 1965.
<5> SWX11836 Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 19.