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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 239 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ightham, field in vicinity of Ivy Cottage: surface-find/s of Palaeolithic handaxes from patch of terrace gravel |
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Summary
2 find spots near Yaldham Manor Farm. First discoveries made in 1890.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 59280 56015 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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| Parish: | IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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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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2 Handaxes found in Cottage Field. Harrison's Map 1888 records one find spot. (1,2,3)
Record created during 2015 Volunteer Project. Believed to correspond to TQ 55 NE 239.
<1> Harrison, Benjamin, 1888, Harrison’s Map. 1888. Draft of map prepared for Professor Prestwich in connection with Prestwich’s paper published in 1889 (Map). SKE30968.
<2> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age (Article in serial). SKE31330.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: Harrison, Benjamin. 1888. Harrison’s Map. 1888. Draft of map prepared for Professor Prestwich in connection with Prestwich’s paper published in 1889. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1889. On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age. Vol 45, 270 - 297. |
