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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 NE 236
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Ightham, Fane Hill (sometimes known as "Uffon Hill", including field "Twelve acres"): numerous surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes

Summary

Ightham, Fane Hill (sometimes known as "Uffon Hill", including field "Twelve acres"): numerous surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes, held in several museum collections, especially Maidstone Museum, British Museum, and the Ashmolean.

Grid Reference:TQ 58940 57300
Map Sheet:TQ55NE
Parish:IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC? to 40001 BC?)

Associated Finds

  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Harrison's Map 1888 shows 4 find spots at 'Uffon Hill 12 Acres' whereas Roe only records one hand-axe from 12 acres. Prestwhich refers to 62 implements from 12 acres and Fane Hill. (1,2,3)

Numerous reports relating to surface-finds in late 19th century (3, 4, 5) and early 20th century (6, 7). Numerous material recorded by Roe in the 1960s (8) then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (9).


<1> Harrison, Benjamin, 1888, Harrison’s Map. 1888. Draft of map prepared for Professor Prestwich in connection with Prestwich’s paper published in 1889 (Map). SKE30968.

<3> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age (Article in serial). SKE31330.

<4> Spurrell FCJ, , 1883, Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. , pp 94, 96 (Article in serial). ske32204.

<5> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p608 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<6> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , pp 90, 93 (Monograph). SKE55068.

<7> Bennett, FJ, 1907, Ightham: The story of a Kentish village and its surroundings, pp 32, 34 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31344.

<8> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p160 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<9> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK6.20 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Harrison, Benjamin. 1888. Harrison’s Map. 1888. Draft of map prepared for Professor Prestwich in connection with Prestwich’s paper published in 1889.
<3>Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1889. On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age. Vol 45, 270 - 297.
<4>Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ, . 1883. Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. . Archaeologia Cantiana 15: 89-103. pp 94, 96.
<5>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p608.
<6>Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . pp 90, 93.
<7>Bibliographic reference: Bennett, FJ. 1907. Ightham: The story of a Kentish village and its surroundings. pp 32, 34.
<8>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p160.
<9>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.20.