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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 NE 17
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Horton Kirby: surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes found in general area

Summary

Horton Kirby: surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes found in general area in early 20th century.

Grid Reference:TQ 56500 68400
Map Sheet:TQ56NE
Parish:HORTON KIRBY AND SOUTH DARENTH, SEVENOAKS, 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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Five palaeolithic implements, of which one is a triangular handaxe, possibly Mousterian; and another is an Acheulian II twisted ovate, were found at Horton Kirby. (1) No further information. (2)
Material recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4), then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (5).


<1> P.P.S.E.A. 2, 1951-18, 108-9 (illust.) (H.Dewey) (OS Card Reference). SKE48461.

<2> F1 ASP 28-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42331.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 56 NE 17 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2883.

<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p157 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK2.62 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: P.P.S.E.A. 2, 1951-18, 108-9 (illust.) (H.Dewey).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 28-AUG-64.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 NE 17 - August, 1964.
<4>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p157.
<5>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK2.62.