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Monument details

Summary

Ightham, Oldbury Hill, Patchgrove Wood and "Patchgrove": surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes reported in late 19th century, of which at least 40 held in musuem collections, mostly in 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, Patchgrove Wood and "Patchgrove": surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes reported in late 19th century (1, 2), of which at least 40 held in musuem collections, mostly in British Museum and Maidstone Museum (1, 2), recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3) and then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (4).

<1> Prestwich J, , 1891, On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. , Plate VII (Article in serial). ske55094.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p608 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p161 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK6.45 (Monograph). SWX6569.

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