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Monument details

Summary

Palaeolithic artefacts, including rough handaxe, found at Goose Green and Goose Green "New Pit" by B Harrison in 1879. Objects found in an area of Brickearth Geology.

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 64065105) Sites of Palaeolithic finds. (1) Refs to Pa implements found in gravel-pit(s) at Goose Green, Hadlow. 'Very rude palaeolithic implement' in 1879' much rolled palaeolith in 1881 or 2. A note of 1895 states that after the find of 1881 or 2, "later visits to the same place without a scrap of man being lighted on" were made. (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) One Palaeolithic handaxe held in Maidstone Museum, recorded by Roe in the 1960s (6).

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

<2> Harrison of Ightham 1928 85 95 142 182 200 (E Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE43734.

<3> Oral: Mr L R A Grove BA FSA Curator Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE48061.

<4> F1 EG 16.12.58 (OS Card Reference). SKE42866.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 17 - December, 1958 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3465.

<6> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p154 (Monograph). SWX6570.

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