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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 NW 40
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Borough Green, Sandpits: Palaeolithic artefacts in Bance collection in Maidstone Museum

Summary

Findspot of Palaeolithic implements in Head geology.

Grid Reference:TQ 6090 5780
Map Sheet:TQ65NW
Parish:BOROUGH GREEN, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 60935770] Site of palaeolithic find. (1) Chellean and Acheulian implements in J.W. Bance collection from Borough Green Sandpit. (2) The Harrison collection of flints has been largely dispersed, only a few selected examples being held by the Maidstone Museum. A MS catalogue of the collection, in the museum, lists the finds by period and place name, with no indication of type of implement or exact provenance. The siting given by authority 1 should be considered as only approximate. (3) The Bance Collection has been dispersed: Norman Cook saw some of it and thought it suspect 'Branden Knappers work'. No other paleoliths have been reported from the pit. (4) TQ 609578 Findspot of Palaeolithic implements in Head geology. (5-11)


<1> Rec 6' (E Harrison 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49014.

<2> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer MS in progress (OS Card Reference). SKE46425.

<3> Oral: LRA Grove Curator Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE48039.

<4> F1 ASP 06-MAY-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41964.

<5> Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz (N Cook Undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46303.

<6> F2 ASP 25-JUN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE43165.

<7> F3 CFW 03-FEB-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43380.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 40 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3380.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 40 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3381.

<10> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 40 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3382.

<11> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK6.68 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Rec 6' (E Harrison 1928).
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer MS in progress.
<3>OS Card Reference: Oral: LRA Grove Curator Maidstone Museum.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 06-MAY-59.
<5>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz (N Cook Undated).
<6>OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 25-JUN-59.
<7>OS Card Reference: F3 CFW 03-FEB-64.
<8>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 40 - May, 1959.
<9>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 40 - June, 1959.
<10>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 40 - February, 1964.
<11>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.68.