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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 NE 12
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Neolithic flint implements

Summary

Surface collection of Neolithic implements found in or before 1903 in "Great Field", precise location uncertain. The collection included two axes.


Grid Reference:TQ 5931 5755
Map Sheet:TQ55NE
Parish:IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • AXE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • DEBITAGE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 59315755] Flint implements found (NAT) (1) 21.6.1903 "Found hundreds of neolithic flakes, two celts on the bare sand" in Court Lodge field, west (Great Field). 23.1.1906 Neolithic settlement in Great Field. (2) No further information: the OS siting falls in an unnamed pasture field thought to be the Great Field, but this could not be verified. (3)

2015 Volunteer Project suggested that TQ 55 NE 12 corresponds to NWK-6, No. 23, 24 + 25 from the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project.


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Harrison of Ightham 1928 5 6 (E Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE43724.

<3> Brig. Bowra, Bewley, Ightham. (OS Card Reference). SKE38287.

<4> F1 FGA 07.07.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42898.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 12 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2755.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: Harrison of Ightham 1928 5 6 (E Harrison).
<3>OS Card Reference: Brig. Bowra, Bewley, Ightham..
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 07.07.64.
<5>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 12 - July, 1964. [Mapped feature: #23018 Find, ]