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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 55 SE 181 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Ightham, field to SE of Rose Wood: Palaeolithic handaxes from field surface |
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Summary
Ightham, field to SE of Rose Wood: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century
Grid Reference: | TQ 58820 54935 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ55SE |
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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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Ightham, field to SE of Rose Wood: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century (1, 2), three of them in collection at Maidstone Museum recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3) and a fourth illustrated by Spurrell (1), listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (4)
<1> Spurrell FCJ, , 1883, Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. , p96; Fig. 11 (Article in serial). ske32204.
<2> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p271 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p162 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK6.50 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ, . 1883. Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. . Archaeologia Cantiana 15: 89-103. p96; Fig. 11. |
<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. p271. |
<3> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p162. |
<4> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.50. |