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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 275 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Railway cutting to N of Ightham: two Palaeolithic handaxes, at least one found in situ in late 19th century by B. Harrison |
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Summary
Railway cutting to N of Ightham, on northern slope of Fane/Uffon Hill: two Palaeolithic handaxes, at least one found in situ in late 19th century
| Grid Reference: | TQ 58900 57400 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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| Parish: | IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, 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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Railway cutting to N of Ightham, on northern slope of Fane/Uffon Hill: two Palaeolithic handaxes, at least one found in situ by B. Harrison in late 19th century (1,2); material from site later recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3)
<1> Spurrell FCJ, , 1883, Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. , p94, Fig. 3 (Article in serial). ske32204.
<2> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , pp 89-90 (Monograph). SKE55068.
<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p162 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ, . 1883. Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. . Archaeologia Cantiana 15: 89-103. p94, Fig. 3. |
| <2> | Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . pp 89-90. |
| <3> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p162. |
