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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 289 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ightham Court, known as "Court Lodge": surface-finds of 2 Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Ightham Court, known as "Court Lodge" up to c. 1890: surface-finds of 2 Palaeolithic handaxes and one possible flake-tool (and numerous general prehistoric material from the large field to the west)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 59615 57550 |
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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)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Ightham Court, known as "Court Lodge" up to c. 1890: surface-finds of 2 Palaeolithic handaxes and one possible flake-tool in late 19th century by Benjamin Harrison, and numerous general prehistoric material from the large field to the west (1); Palaeolithic finds from site recorded by Roe in the 1960s in Maidstone Museum (2).
<1> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , pp 5, 6 etc (see index) (Monograph). SKE55068.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p160 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . pp 5, 6 etc (see index). |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p160. |
