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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 65 NW 48 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Plaxtol: one Palaeolithic handaxe, found in an old chalk quarry |
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Summary
Findspot of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe in Hythe Beds geology.
Grid Reference: | TQ 6040 5630 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ65NW |
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Parish: | PLAXTOL, 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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A small, Late Middle Acheulian handaxe was found June 1966 by Miss Susan Kelvey, Spring Lane, Ightham. Brought into Maidstone Museum for identification (1) and find-site (quarry) plotted onto 6" at TQ 60355634.(1-2) The Kelveys, formerly of "Morewell", Spring Lane, have moved away. The find-site, is a large overgrown chalk quarry.(3) Additional bibliography - not consulted.(4)
2015 Volunteer Project suggested that TQ 65 NW 48 may correspond to NWK-6, No. 26 + 40 from the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project. May also relate to TQ 65 NW 4 (note made in record).
TQ 604563 Findspot of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe in Hythe Beds geology. (6)
<1> DB Kelly Arch Asst Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE39680.
<2> Maidstone Museum 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE46355.
<3> F1 CFW 11-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42534.
<4> On the occurrence of palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham 1889 (Prestwich, (OS Card Reference). SKE47874.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 48 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3386.
<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK6.82 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: DB Kelly Arch Asst Maidstone Museum. |
<2> | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6". |
<3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 11-NOV-69. |
<4> | OS Card Reference: On the occurrence of palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham 1889 (Prestwich,. |
<5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 48 - November, 1969. |
<6> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.82. |