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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 NW 34
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxes from Crow Hill, Borough Green

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxes from Crow Hill, Borough Green, in area of Folkestone Beds geology

Grid Reference:TQ 6133 5726
Map Sheet:TQ65NW
Parish:BOROUGH GREEN, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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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[TQ 61335726] Sites of paleolithic finds. (1) Chellian and Acheulian implements in J.W. Bance Collection from Crow Hill, Borough Green. (2) The Harrison collection of flints has been largely dispersed, only a few selected examples being held by the Maidstone Museum. A MS catalogue of the collection, in the museum, lists the finds by period and place name, with no indication of type of implement or exact provenance. The siting given by authority 1 should be considered as only approximate. (3) The Bance collection has been dispersed. Norman Cook saw some of it (a) and thought it suspect - 'Brandon Knappers work'. The general area has now been built over. (4) Findspot of Palaeolithic implements in Folkstone Beds geology. (9)


<1> Rec 6" (E Harrison, 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49027.

<2> Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz MS in progress (OS Card Reference). SKE46312.

<3> Oral: Mr L R A Grove, BA FSA, Curator Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE48065.

<4> F1 ASP 25.06.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42274.

<5> Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz (Plalt Ph) (N Cook, undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46304.

<6> F2 CFW 03.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43200.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 34 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3375.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 34 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3376.

<9> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (E Harrison, 1928).
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz MS in progress.
<3>OS Card Reference: Oral: Mr L R A Grove, BA FSA, Curator Maidstone Museum.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 25.06.59.
<5>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz (Plalt Ph) (N Cook, undated).
<6>OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 03.02.64.
<7>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 34 - June, 1959.
<8>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 34 - February, 1964. [Mapped feature: #12850 find, ]
<9>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text].