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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 35 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former site of Barrow and flint tool findspot |
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Summary
Former site of Barrow and flint tool findspot, Tylers Knoll within an area of ground which has been dug for sand to a considerable depth. An oval scraper with a polished cutting edge" was found in 1871 on the slopes of the tumulus
| Grid Reference: | TQ 590 555 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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| Parish: | IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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An "oval scraper with a polished cutting edge" was found in 1871 on the slopes of a tumulus at Tyers Knoll, Ightham. Another mound close by yielded arrowheads and a scraper. [See TQ 55 NE 24] (1) Tyers Knoll is within an area of ground which has been dug for sand to a considerable depth. Enquiries of the Marley Tile Company, sandpit owners, were negative with regard to the site of the tumulus. Sir E. Harrison's Collection came to Maidstone Museum and is in store there, but it is not possible to distinguish individual finds. (2)
<1> "Harrison of Ightham" 1928, 67 (E.R. Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE32620.
<2> F1 ASP 12-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42064.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 35 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2778.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: "Harrison of Ightham" 1928, 67 (E.R. Harrison). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 12-AUG-64. |
| <3>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 35 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #25431 barrow, ] |
