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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 SE 8
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Eoliths and Palaeolithic implements

Summary

Eoliths and Palaeolithic implements found by Benjamin Harrison


Grid Reference:TQ 5955 6103
Map Sheet:TQ56SE
Parish:STANSTED, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • UNASSIGNED (Undated)
  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 59556103] Eolithic finds found. (1) Notes by Benjamin Harrison on the finding of eoliths and Paleoliths at Plaxdale Green. (2) 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. (a) No field action. (3)


<1> Rec 6" (E R Harrison - 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49029.

<2> Harrison of Ightham 1928 146 219 250 281 381 (E R Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE43705.

<3> Oral: Mr L R A Grove, BA FSA. Curator Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE48066.

<4> F1 AC 01-AUG-60 (OS Card Reference). SKE41740.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 56 SE 8 - August, 1960 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2950.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (E R Harrison - 1928).
<2>OS Card Reference: Harrison of Ightham 1928 146 219 250 281 381 (E R Harrison).
<3>OS Card Reference: Oral: Mr L R A Grove, BA FSA. Curator Maidstone Museum.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 AC 01-AUG-60.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 SE 8 - August, 1960.