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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 279 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ightham, general area: numerous imprecisely-located Palaeolithic surface-finds, mostly handaxes, but also flakes, flake-tools and a possible Levallois |
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Summary
Ightham, general area: numerous imprecisely-located Palaeolithic surface-finds, mostly handaxes, but also flakes, flake-tools and a possible Levallois flake; precise locations and circumstances of recovery unknown
| Grid Reference: | TQ 59100 56500 |
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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)
- LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Ightham, general area: numerous imprecisely-located Palaeolithic surface-finds, mostly handaxes, but also flakes, flake-tools and a possible Levallois flake; precise locations and circumstances of recovery unknown. Material held in various museums, especially British Museum and the Ashmolean, and recorded by Roe in the 1960s (1)
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p157 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p157. |
