TQ 55 NE 279 - Ightham, general area: numerous imprecisely-located Palaeolithic surface-finds, mostly handaxes, but also flakes, flake-tools and a possible Levallois

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Findspot record TQ 55 NE 279 - Ightham, general area: numerous imprecisely-located Palaeolithic surface-finds, mostly handaxes, but also flakes, flake-tools and a possible Levallois

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Grid reference	TQ 59100 56500 (point)
Map sheet	TQ55NE
County	KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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

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Ightham, general area: numerous imprecisely-located Palaeolithic surface-finds, mostly handaxes, but also flakes, flake-tools and a possible Levallois flake; precise locations and circumstances of recovery unknown. Material held in various museums, especially British Museum and the Ashmolean, and recorded by Roe in the 1960s (1) TQ 594568 Findspot of Palaeolithic implements in Edge of Folkstone Beds geology. (2)

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p157 (Monograph). SWX6570.

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

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p157.
<2> SWX6569 Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text].