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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NW 422
Type of record:Pleistocene Environmental Findspot
Name:Lion jaw from Preston Hall Gravel Pit, Aylesford

Summary

Lion jaw from Preston Hall Gravel Pit, Aylesford, from terrace gravel in SW face


Grid Reference:TQ 7235 5829
Map Sheet:TQ75NW
Parish:AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • MAMMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Lion jaw from Preston Hall Gravel Pit, Aylesford, from 2nd terrace gravel (50ft) in SW face, discovery reported by Cook (1).


<1> Cook W.H, 1923, Excursions [III - Geological Excursion to Lower Greensand Beds and Pleistocene Drifts at Aylesford]. (Article in serial). SKE51481.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Cook W.H. 1923. Excursions [III - Geological Excursion to Lower Greensand Beds and Pleistocene Drifts at Aylesford].. The South Eastern Naturalist 28: lxvi-lxx..