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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 262 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Ightham, side of Oldbury Hill, Styant's Bottom: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Ightham, side of Oldbury Hill, Styant's Bottom: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century, one in collection of British Museum and another held at Maidstone Museum
Grid Reference: | TQ 57960 56530 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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Parish: | IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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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, side of Oldbury Hill, Styant's Bottom: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century (1, 2), one in collection of British Museum and another held at Maidstone Museum recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3) then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (4).
<1> 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.
<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, p163 (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], NWK6.59 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | 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. p284. |
<2> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p608. |
<3> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p163. |
<4> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.59. |