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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 291 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ightham, Brickearth Pit in Styants Wood, near Crown Point: Palaeolithic flake found in situ by Prestwich |
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Summary
Ightham, Brickearth Pit in Styants Wood, near Crown Point: Palaeolithic flake found in situ by Prestwich in late 19th century
| Grid Reference: | TQ 57760 55780 |
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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
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Ightham, Brickearth Pit in Styants Wood, near Crown Point: Palaeolithic flake found in situ by Prestwich in late 19th century (1); site also frequented by Benjamin Harrison (2) and deposits reviewed by Dines (3). A retouched flake held in Maidstone Museum was recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4), possibly the same find initially reported by Prestwich (1).
<1> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p287 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<2> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , pp 73, 136 etc (see index) (Monograph). SKE55068.
<3> Larkby JR, , 1905, Excursion to Chelsfield and Well Hill. , p139 (Article in serial). ske55088.
<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: 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. p287. |
| <2> | Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . pp 73, 136 etc (see index). |
| <3> | Article in serial: Larkby JR, . 1905. Excursion to Chelsfield and Well Hill. . Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 19(5): 235-242.. p139. |
| <4> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p160. |
