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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 SW 153 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Trottiscliffe, aka (archaic) "Trosley": two Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Trottiscliffe, aka (archaic) "Trosley": two Palaeolithic handaxes in Maidstone Museum
| Grid Reference: | TQ 64825 60575 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66SW |
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| Parish: | TROTTISCLIFFE, 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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Trottiscliffe, aka (archaic) "Trosley": two Palaeolithic handaxes recorded by Roe in the 1960s in Maidstone Museum (2), circumstances of recovery unknown (presumed surface-finds). Patch of driflint was noted on slope to east of church in late 19th century and early 20th century (1), probably a fan of material slumped down the scarp slope of the Weald.
<1> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , pp 43, 169 etc (see index) (Monograph). SKE55068.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p185 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . pp 43, 169 etc (see index). |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p185. |
