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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 NE 281
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Ightham, field to west of Bewley Farm: surface finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes

Summary

Ightham, field to west of Bewley Farm: surface finds in late 19th century of several Palaeolithic handaxes

Grid Reference:TQ 59325 55110
Map Sheet:TQ55NE
Parish:IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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, field to west of Bewley Farm: surface finds in late 19th century of several Palaeolithic handaxes (1, 2, 3) recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4) and 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, 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, pp 158, 159 (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], NWK6.31, NWK6.48 (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. p284.
<3>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p608.
<4>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. pp 158, 159.
<5>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.31, NWK6.48.