TQ 75 NW 421 - Three Palaeolithic handaxes from Preston Hall Gravel Pit, Aylesford, held at Maidstone Museum

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Monument record TQ 75 NW 421 - Three Palaeolithic handaxes from Preston Hall Gravel Pit, Aylesford, held at Maidstone Museum

Summary

Three Palaeolithic handaxes from Preston Hall Gravel Pit, Aylesford, held at Maidstone Museum. Two of them collected by flake-tool (or TF) Bunting (in 1925 and 1931) and the other of uncertain origin

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Grid reference	TQ 7238 5831 (point) accurate in sources
Map sheet	TQ75NW
County	KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full Description

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p138 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.

<3> Cook W.H, 1923, Excursions [III - Geological Excursion to Lower Greensand Beds and Pleistocene Drifts at Aylesford]. (Article in serial). SKE51481.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 4.7 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 4.7 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p138.
<2> SKE29351 Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007. Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent).
<3> SKE51481 Article in serial: Cook W.H. 1923. Excursions [III - Geological Excursion to Lower Greensand Beds and Pleistocene Drifts at Aylesford].. The South Eastern Naturalist 28: lxvi-lxx..
<4> SWX6569 Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 4.7.
<5> SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. M 4.7.

Finds (1)

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (3)

Non-Intrusive Event: Preston Hall Sand Pit, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project review of existing information (Ref: MVPP: PHSP03) (EKE9560)
Non-Intrusive Event: Preston Hall Sand Pit, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project review of existing information (Ref: MVPP: PHSP04) (EKE9561)
Non-Intrusive Event: The Southern rivers Palaeolithic Project (EKE20337)

Record last edited

Feb 3 2021 3:47PM