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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 65 SW 6 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe found to south of Puttenden Manor Farm |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe found to south of Puttenden Manor Farm by B Harrison, on Hythe Beds geology.
Grid Reference: | TQ 6105 5201 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ65SW |
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Parish: | SHIPBOURNE, 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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[TQ 61195193] Site of Palaeolithic find. (1) 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. (2)
<1> Rec 6" (E Harrison, Ightham 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49028.
<2> Oral: Mr L R A Grove BA FSA Curator, Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE48063.
<3> F1 GG 16.12.58 (OS Card Reference). SKE43015.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 6 - December, 1958 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3450.
<5> 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, Ightham 1928). |
<2> | OS Card Reference: Oral: Mr L R A Grove BA FSA Curator, Maidstone Museum. |
<3> | OS Card Reference: F1 GG 16.12.58. |
<4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 6 - December, 1958. |
<5> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. |