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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 SE 414
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Linton, general area: surface-finds of at least three Palaeolithic handaxes

Summary

Linton, general area: surface-finds of at least three Palaeolithic handaxes, found in late 19th century on farmland in area between Court Lodge, Wester Hill and Great Tilden.

Grid Reference:TQ 75500 50200
Map Sheet:TQ75SE
Parish:LINTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Linton, general area: surface-finds of at least three Palaeolithic handaxes, found in late 19th century on farmland in area between Court Lodge, Wester Hill and Great Tilden (1, 2, 4, 5) in British Museum and Maidstone Museum. Recorded by Roe in the 1960s (6), then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (7).


<1> F1 ASP 14-JAN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42102.

<2> PSA (2nd series) 15 1893-5 38-40 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE48749.

<4> Arch Cant 21 1895 li-lii (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34830.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 74 NE 8 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3731.

<6> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 165 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M3.2 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-JAN-64.
<2>OS Card Reference: PSA (2nd series) 15 1893-5 38-40 (G Payne).
<4>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 21 1895 li-lii (G Payne).
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 74 NE 8 - January, 1964.
<6>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p 165.
<7>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M3.2.