Findspot record TQ 66 SW 99 - Wrotham, Wrotham Hill: Palaeolithic handaxe, presumed surface-find
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 61640 60790 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ66SW |
County | KENT |
District | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | STANSTED, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Full Description
Wrotham, Wrotham Hill: Palaeolithic handaxe, presumed surface-find, held in Maidstone Museum. Old records of finds from gravelly patch on wrotham Hill (1, 2). Many were probably eoliths, but at least one genuine Palaeolithic handaxe held in Maidstone Museum, and recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3) then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (4).
<1> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p270 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<2> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , p161 (Monograph). SKE55068.
<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p189 (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], NWK2.4 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SKE31330 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. p270.
- <2> SKE55068 Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . p161.
- <3> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p189.
- <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]. NWK2.4.
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Record last edited
Oct 23 2024 9:41AM