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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 SE 93 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Maplescombe valley: numerous Palaeolithic finds, including >10 handaxes |
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Summary
Maplescombe valley: numerous Palaeolithic material (>10 handaxes, >10 flakes, and a possible flake-tool)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 56000 64300 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56SE |
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| Parish: | FARNINGHAM, SEVENOAKS, 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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Maplescombe valley: numerous Palaeolithic material (>10 handaxes, >10 flakes, and a possible flake-tool) recorded by Roe in the 1960s (2) in collections of various museums, mostly the British Museum (2). No info on circumstances of recovery but almost certainly surface-finds. Some Palaeolithic artefacts reportedly found by Benjamin Harrison in late 19th century from "driflint patches" at c. 400flint OD and lower down towards the base of the Maplescombe valley (1).
<1> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , pp 217 etc (see index) (Monograph). SKE55068.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p166 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . pp 217 etc (see index). |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p166. |
