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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 95 NW 10 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Lenham, Torry Hill, nr Frinsted: surface-find of one Palaeolithic handaxe |
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Summary
Lenham, Torry Hill, nr Frinsted: surface-find of one Palaeolithic handaxe
| Grid Reference: | TQ 90700 57100 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ95NW |
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| Parish: | LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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An Acheulian hand axe, with a heavy white patina, was found at Torry Hill, near Frinstead, and presented to Maidstone Museum by Mr. Jessup. (1) No further information: probably in store at Maidstone Museum but label lost. (2)
Francis Wenban Smith assessment [5]
<1> Rochester Naturalist 6 132 1932 146 (N C Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE49293.
<2> D B Kelly Arch Asst Maidstone Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE39543.
<3> F1 CFW 03-Sep-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42409.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 95 NW 10 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4815.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S 1.7 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Rochester Naturalist 6 132 1932 146 (N C Cook). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: D B Kelly Arch Asst Maidstone Mus. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 03-Sep-63. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 95 NW 10 - September, 1963. |
| <5> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S 1.7. |
