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Monument details

Summary

Ightham, Oldbury Hill, "Kilnfield" (locality aka "Bearfield"): surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes, mostly held in collections of British Museum and Maidstone Museum

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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Ightham, Oldbury Hill, "Kilnfield" (locality aka "Bearfield"): surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century, mostly held in collections of British Museum and Maidstone Museum, including "lance-head" and ovoid forms (1, 2). Locality reported by Evans (3), then finds recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4) and site listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (5).

<1> Spurrell FCJ, , 1883, Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. , p94 (Article in serial). ske32204.

<2> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p284 (Article in serial). SKE31330.

<3> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p608 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p161 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK6.41 & NWK6.43 (Monograph). SWX6569.

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