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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 278 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ightham, Highfield and Islefield: numerous surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Ightham, Highfield and Islefield: numerous surface finds in late 19th century of Palaeolithic handaxes
| Grid Reference: | TQ 59990 56780 |
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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, Highfield and Islefield: numerous surface finds in late 19th century of Palaeolithic handaxes (1, 2, 3), at least 14 still extant in various museum collections and recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4), then 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, pp 274, 280, 283-284 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<3> Bennett, FJ, 1907, Ightham: The story of a Kentish village and its surroundings, p34(Fig.) (Bibliographic reference). SKE31344.
<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p156 (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], NWK6.26 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ, . 1883. Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. . Archaeologia Cantiana 15: 89-103. p94. |
| <2> | 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. pp 274, 280, 283-284. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Bennett, FJ. 1907. Ightham: The story of a Kentish village and its surroundings. p34(Fig.). |
| <4> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p156. |
| <5> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.26. |
