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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 65 SW 12
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Ightham, Four Wents (nr East Yaldham): surface-find of one Palaeolithic handaxe

Summary

Many flints found by B Harrison to the north west of Four Wents in an area of Weald Clay geology; mostly eoliths, but including two Lower Palaeolithic handaxes. May equate with the name Four Vents.

Grid Reference:	TQ 5930 5890
Map Sheet:	TQ55NE
Parish:	WEST PECKHAM, 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 61965178) Sites of Palaeolithic finds (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) (3). One Palaeolithic handaxe from "Four Vents" held in Dartford Museum, recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4).

<1> Rec 6" (E Harrison, Ightham 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49028.

<2> F1 EG 16.12.58 (OS Card Reference). SKE42866.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 12 - December, 1958 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3459.

<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p170 (Monograph). SWX6570.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (E Harrison, Ightham 1928).
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 EG 16.12.58.
<3>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 12 - December, 1958.
<4>	Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p170.