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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 288 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ightham, Cop Hall (Belmont): surface-finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Ightham, Cop Hall (Belmont): surface-finds in late 19th century of two Palaeolithic handaxes
| Grid Reference: | TQ 59235 56190 |
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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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Ightham, Cop Hall (Belmont): surface-finds in late 19th century of two Palaeolithic handaxes (1, 2, 3). Material from site recorded by Roe in the 1960s in various museum collections (4), although uncertain how the material seen by Roe corresponds with that reported in late 19th century.
<1> Spurrell FCJ, , 1883, Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. , p96, Fig. 2 (Article in serial). ske32204.
<2> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p260 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<3> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , pp 91, 136 (Monograph). SKE55068.
<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p160 (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. p96, Fig. 2. |
| <2> | 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. p260. |
| <3> | Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . pp 91, 136. |
| <4> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p160. |
