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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 NE 218 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Horton Kirby: Palaeolithic handaxe found on hill-top one mile to ESE |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe found in late 19th century on hill-top one mile to ESE of Horton Kirby
| Grid Reference: | TQ 57710 67750 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56NE |
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| Parish: | HORTON KIRBY AND SOUTH DARENTH, 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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Palaeolithic handaxe found in late 19th century on hill-top one mile to ESE of Horton Kirby by W. Whitaker of Geological Survey (1, 2)
<1> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p270 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p607 (Monograph). SWX6573.
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. p270. |
| <2> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p607. |
