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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 SE 6 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Eolith and Palaeolithic and Neolithic flint implements |
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Summary
Palaeolithic and Neolithic flint implements found by Benjamin Harrison in 1865 and on subsequent occasions. Harrison also recovered many eoliths, clearly representing naturally-flaked or worn flints rather than genuine artefacts. Seven lower Palaeolithic handaxes are among the collection.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 599 629 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56SE |
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| Parish: | STANSTED, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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(Area centred at TQ 59986296). Area of eolithic finds. (1) On 22nd May, 1865, Benjamin Harrison found a spread of ochreous, much worn gravel at Parsonage Farm. During many years Harrison and his associates visited the site, finding eolithic, palaeolithic and neolithic implements on the surface. To establish whether eoliths occurred in the gravel itself, Harrison excavated pits in 1894, 1896 and 1902 and found many specimens. [Numerous references in this book to eoliths and paleoliths from this site and letters and notes relating to eminent contemporaries of Harrison on the controversy as to whether the eoliths from this site (and others) were produced by man of nature.](2) No field action. (3)
<1> Rec 6" (ER Harrison) 1928 (OS Card Reference). SKE49038.
<2> Harrison of Ightham 1928 48 55 109 146 176 190 194 197-8 201 206 209 231 249 281-2 381 (ER Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE43723.
<3> F1 AC 01-AUG-60 (OS Card Reference). SKE41740.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 56 SE 6 - August, 1960 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2948.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (ER Harrison) 1928. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Harrison of Ightham 1928 48 55 109 146 176 190 194 197-8 201 206 209 231 249 281-2 381 (ER Harrison). [Mapped feature: #48336 Finds, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 AC 01-AUG-60. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 SE 6 - August, 1960. |
