Findspot record TR 34 SW 33 - Bronze Age hoard, Buckland

Summary

Bronze hoard comprising 3 flanged axes and a tanged spearhead found at Buckland, Dover c1856

Location

Grid reference TR 3043 4218 (point) Centred
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

A votive, or prestige, hoard of three bronze flanged axes and a tanged spearhead are on display in Dover Museum. (A cc. Nos. DA/1 1232-33). They were found in 1856 in a brickfield belonging to Mr F.W. Fry on Union Road, Buckland, and donated by him. No more accurate siting can be obtained. No brickfield is shown in this area in 1872 (c). Now built over. (1) Additional bibliography. (2,3)

Other records in the area, TR 34 SW 24, TR 34 SW 26 and TR 34 SW 98, are probably duplicates of these finds, variously recorded as having been found in 1756 and 1856 and matching in terms of description/number and/or museum collection details. Two fields on the north side of the former Union Road (now Coombe Valley Road) are recorded as being brickfields in the Tithe Apportionment for Buckland, dated 1840.


<1> PPS 4 1938 283 illust (B R S Megan and E M Hardy) (OS Card Reference). SKE48598.

<2> P. Ashbee, and G. C. Dunning, 1960, Archaeologia Cantiana - The round Barrows of East Kent (Article in serial). SKE35569.

<3> OS 1st Edn 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE48247.

<4> F1 ASP 19.05.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42175.

<5> BAR 67 1979 30 (Burgess & Coombs) (OS Card Reference). SKE37547.

<6> Arch Cant 83 1968 264 (D B Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35772.

<7> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 33 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5982.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: PPS 4 1938 283 illust (B R S Megan and E M Hardy).
  • <2>XY Article in serial: P. Ashbee, and G. C. Dunning. 1960. Archaeologia Cantiana - The round Barrows of East Kent. Vol 74 pp 48-57. [Mapped feature: #55191 Hoard, ]
  • <3> OS Card Reference: OS 1st Edn 6".
  • <4> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 19.05.64.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: BAR 67 1979 30 (Burgess & Coombs).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 83 1968 264 (D B Kelly).
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 33 - May, 1964.

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Record last edited

Mar 16 2023 5:16PM