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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 SE 181
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Ightham, field to SE of Rose Wood: Palaeolithic handaxes from field surface

Summary

Ightham, field to SE of Rose Wood: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century

Grid Reference:TQ 58820 54935
Map Sheet:TQ55SE
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 SE of Rose Wood: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century (1, 2), three of them in collection at Maidstone Museum recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3) and a fourth illustrated by Spurrell (1), listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (4)


<1> Spurrell FCJ, , 1883, Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. , p96; Fig. 11 (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, p271 (Article in serial). SKE31330.

<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p162 (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], NWK6.50 (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. p96; Fig. 11.
<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. p271.
<3>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p162.
<4>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.50.