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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 SW 146 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ash, New Ash Green: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Ash, New Ash Green: surface finds in late 19th century of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes
| Grid Reference: | TQ 60330 64480 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66SW |
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| Parish: | ASH-CUM-RIDLEY, 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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Ash, New Ash Green: surface finds in late 19th century of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes, mostly ovate (1, 2, 3); collections in several museums recorded by Roe in the 1960s, especially in British Museum (4)
<1> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, pp 285-286 (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. , p134 (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, p136 (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. pp 285-286. |
| <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. p134. |
| <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. p136. |
