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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 NW 48
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Plaxtol: one Palaeolithic handaxe, found in an old chalk quarry

Summary

Findspot of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe in Hythe Beds geology.

Grid Reference:TQ 6040 5630
Map Sheet:TQ65NW
Parish:PLAXTOL, 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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A small, Late Middle Acheulian handaxe was found June 1966 by Miss Susan Kelvey, Spring Lane, Ightham. Brought into Maidstone Museum for identification (1) and find-site (quarry) plotted onto 6" at TQ 60355634.(1-2) The Kelveys, formerly of "Morewell", Spring Lane, have moved away. The find-site, is a large overgrown chalk quarry.(3) Additional bibliography - not consulted.(4)

2015 Volunteer Project suggested that TQ 65 NW 48 may correspond to NWK-6, No. 26 + 40 from the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project. May also relate to TQ 65 NW 4 (note made in record).

TQ 604563 Findspot of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe in Hythe Beds geology. (6)


<1> DB Kelly Arch Asst Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE39680.

<2> Maidstone Museum 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE46355.

<3> F1 CFW 11-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42534.

<4> On the occurrence of palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham 1889 (Prestwich, (OS Card Reference). SKE47874.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 48 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3386.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK6.82 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: DB Kelly Arch Asst Maidstone Museum.
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6".
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 11-NOV-69.
<4>OS Card Reference: On the occurrence of palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham 1889 (Prestwich,.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 48 - November, 1969.
<6>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.82.