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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 65 NW 353 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Two Palaeolithic handaxes from Mount House, Ightham (including material attributed to "Ightham, Patch, Mount House") |
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Summary
Two Palaeolithic handaxes from Mount House, Ightham (including material attributed to "Ightham, Patch, Mount House" which probably should be "Platt")
| Grid Reference: | TQ 61490 56905 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ65NW |
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| Parish: | BOROUGH GREEN, 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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Two Palaeolithic handaxes from Mount House, Ightham (including material attributed to "Ightham, Patch, Mount House" which probably should be "Platt"); circumstances of recovery unknown (presumed surface-finds), held in Maidstone Museum and recorded by Roe in the 1960s (2). Finds may originate from collecting by Benjamin Harrison in late 19th century and early 20th century, since he regularly investigated around this location (1)
<1> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , pp 135 etc (see index) (Monograph). SKE55068.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p161 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . pp 135 etc (see index). |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p161. |
