It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.
Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 44 NE 7 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Findspot |
|---|
| Name: | Edenbridge, Medhurst Row Farm: Palaeolithic handaxe from field surface |
|---|
Summary
One of two Palaeolithic handaxes from Medhurst Row Farm, found on field surface during ploughing
| Grid Reference: | TQ 4650 4690 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TQ44NE |
|---|
| Parish: | EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
|---|
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.
(TQ)465469 and (TQ)463469. A flint axe and scraper, apparently made from a broken axe, were found during ploughing operations on two nearly adjacent fields at Medhurst Row Farm, Edenbridge. Dr Oakley called them "late Acheulian" and added that they may have been transported a short distance by solifluxion. (1) TQ 4616 4691 Flint scraper: TQ 4630 4694 axehead. Both found in 1961 and given to Tunbridge Wells Museum. (2) Implements not on exhibition at Tunbridge Wells Museum. (3)
Additional information (4, 5, 6)
One of two Palaeolithic handaxes from Medhurst Row Farm, found on surface of two nearly-adjacent fields during ploughing, one of them broken and then further worked; unknown which one came from this field. Recorded by Roe in the 1960s (7), based on published report (1).
<1> Arch Cant 76, 1961, pp 204-5 (J Irwin), Arch Cant 76, 1961, pp 204-5 (J Irwin) (Bibliographic reference). SKE7754.
<2> Mr J Irwin, Bellmans Green, Edenbridge, A local historian was asked about finds in the vicinity of Edenbridge., Oral: Mr J Irwin, local Historian, Bellman's Green, Prettyman's Lane, Edenbridge, 8.2.63. (Bibliographic reference). SKE7723.
<3> Mr T Stewart, Medhurst Row Farm, Edenbridge was asked about the Late Acheulian implements found on his farm., Mr T Stewart, Medhurst Row Farm, Edenbridge. (Bibliographic reference). SKE7755.
<4> F1 ASP 08-FEB-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41997.
<4> F1 ASP 08-FEB-63, F1 ASP 08-FEB-63 (Bibliographic reference). SKE7756.
<5> F2 ASP 11-FEB-63, F2 ASP 11-FEB-63 (Bibliographic reference). SKE7757.
<6> Field report for monument TQ 44 NE 7 - February, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2645.
<7> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p150 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Arch Cant 76, 1961, pp 204-5 (J Irwin). Arch Cant 76, 1961, pp 204-5 (J Irwin). |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Mr J Irwin, Bellmans Green, Edenbridge. A local historian was asked about finds in the vicinity of Edenbridge.. Oral: Mr J Irwin, local Historian, Bellman's Green, Prettyman's Lane, Edenbridge, 8.2.63.. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Mr T Stewart, Medhurst Row Farm, Edenbridge was asked about the Late Acheulian implements found on his farm.. Mr T Stewart, Medhurst Row Farm, Edenbridge.. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 08-FEB-63. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: F1 ASP 08-FEB-63. F1 ASP 08-FEB-63. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: F2 ASP 11-FEB-63. F2 ASP 11-FEB-63. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 44 NE 7 - February, 1963. |
| <7> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p150. |
