Findspot record TR 34 SW 20 - Late Bronze Age founders hoard

Summary

Late Bronze Age founders hoard, socketed axes from Dover - probably the Buckland hoard

Location

Grid reference TR 31 41 (point) LO
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

One large and four smaller socketed axes, part of a sword, a quantity of broken bronze implements and metal lumps were found at Dover (site unknown) and presented to the museum. The sword consists of a few inches of the blade and the tang which has five holes for rivetting a handle to it. (1) No further information was obtained to site this hoard, but the axes and the sword appear to be in a collection exhibited in Dover Museum. They are inadequately labelled, having been recovered after the museum had been partly destroyed during the war. (2)


<1> Dover and its Surroundings Ms 1913 (TW Whitley) (OS Card Reference). SKE41489.

<2> F1 NVQ 25-SEP-54 (OS Card Reference). SKE43040.

<3> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 20 - September, 1954 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5970.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: Dover and its Surroundings Ms 1913 (TW Whitley). [Mapped feature: #55176 find, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 NVQ 25-SEP-54.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 20 - September, 1954.

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Record last edited

Mar 16 2023 4:15PM