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Monument details

HER Number:TR 14 SE 9
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Lyminge Recreation Ground: Palaeolithic worked flints reportedly found in 1911, with horse and deer teeth

Summary

Palaeoliths, horse and deer teeth found September 1911. Lower Palaeolithic handaxes found on ground south of the village (at west end of High Street) in 1911 in an area of Chalk geology.

Grid Reference:TR 1587 4087
Map Sheet:TR14SE
Parish:LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Full description

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[TR 15874087] Palaeoliths, horse and deer teeth found September 1911. (1) No field action. Material not held by Maidstone Museum, who could offer no further information. (2)


<1> Pte 6" Kent AS 1950 (OS Card Reference). SKE48888.

<2> F1 ASP 26-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42302.

<3> Field report for monument TR 14 SE 9 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5412.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], p143, S3.1 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Pte 6" Kent AS 1950.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-APR-63. [Mapped feature: #42577 find, ]
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 14 SE 9 - April, 1963.
<4>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. p143, S3.1.