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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 264 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Oldbury, general area (including Oldbury Hill): surface-finds of numerous handaxes and other Palaeolithic material (6 flakes, 4 possible flake-tools, |
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Summary
Oldbury, general area (including Oldbury Hill): surface-finds of numerous handaxes and other Palaeolithic material in the late 19th century (6 flakes, 4 possible flake-tools, and one possible Levallois flake), mostly now held in British Museum and Maidsto
| Grid Reference: | TQ 58200 56500 |
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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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Oldbury, general area (including Oldbury Hill): surface-finds of numerous handaxes and other Palaeolithic material in the late 19th century (6 flakes, 4 possible flake-tools, and one possible Levallois flake), especially by Benjamin Harrison from the talus slope (1), mostly now held in British Museum and Maidstone Museum. More than 25 handaxes recorded by Roe in the 1960s (2), and some finds in Stopes Collection at National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff (3).
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p608 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p170 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<3> Wenban-Smith F. F., 2004 (March), The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, Site Catalogue, #62 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p608. |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p170. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. 2004 (March). The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. Site Catalogue, #62. |
