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Monument details

Summary

Seal, general area of Bitchet and Bitchet Green: Mesolithic tranchet axe in Maidstone Museum from unlocated site named as "Bitchit East, field"

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
• AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

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(Marginal) Palaeolithic implements, probably late St. Acheul, have been found at Bitchet East, Sevenoaks. (1) No further information; the implements are recorded as being in Maidstone Museum, (a) but they could not be traced there. (2) TQ 568542 (sited to place name only). One tranchet axe found at ? Bitchet Green "Bitchit East, (field)" is in the Maidstone Museum, ex E. Harrison. Information from R.M. Jacobi. (3)

2015 Volunteer Project suggested that TQ 55 SE 4 corresponds to NWK-6, No. 63 from the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project.

See separate HER record for Palaeolithic find.

<1> PPAEA 2, 1915-18, 407 (R.A. Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE48577.

<2> Maidstone Museum Arch. Gazetteer 3 In progress. (Anon. Undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46441.

<3> F1 ASP 29-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42347.

<4> CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz Me and Upper Pa sites in Eng and Wales 155 (J J Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38831.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 55 SE 4 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2829.

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