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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 273 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Seal/Ightham, Stonepits Farm: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Seal/Ightham, Stonepits Farm: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century
| Grid Reference: | TQ 56710 56875 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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| Parish: | SEAL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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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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Seal/Ightham, Stonepits Farm: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century, reported by Prestwich (1, 2) and listed by Evans (3). Substantial collections in British Museum, Maidstone Museum and Ashmolean recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4).
<1> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p285 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<2> Prestwich J, , 1891, On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. , Plate VII (Article in serial). ske55094.
<3> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p608 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p174 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1889. On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age. Vol 45, 270 - 297. p285. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Prestwich J, . 1891. On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 47: 126-163. Plate VII. |
| <3> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p608. |
| <4> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p174. |
