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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 SW 6
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe found to south of Puttenden Manor Farm

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found to south of Puttenden Manor Farm by B Harrison, on Hythe Beds geology.

Grid Reference:TQ 6105 5201
Map Sheet:TQ65SW
Parish:SHIPBOURNE, 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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[TQ 61195193] Site of Palaeolithic find. (1) 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. (2)


<1> Rec 6" (E Harrison, Ightham 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49028.

<2> Oral: Mr L R A Grove BA FSA Curator, Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE48063.

<3> F1 GG 16.12.58 (OS Card Reference). SKE43015.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 6 - December, 1958 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3450.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (E Harrison, Ightham 1928).
<2>OS Card Reference: Oral: Mr L R A Grove BA FSA Curator, Maidstone Museum.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 GG 16.12.58.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 6 - December, 1958.
<5>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text].