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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 294 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ightham, Sunny Bank/s (by Oldbury Place): surface-finds of three Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Ightham, Sunny Bank/s (by Oldbury Place): surface-finds of three Palaeolithic handaxes, in collections of British Museum and Maidstone Museum
| Grid Reference: | TQ 58840 56180 |
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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, Sunny Bank/s (by Oldbury Place): surface-finds of three Palaeolithic handaxes, recorded by Roe in the 1960s in collections of British Museum and Maidstone Museum (2); material probably corresponds with records of finds in late 19th century (1)
<1> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p281 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p163 (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. p281. |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p163. |
