Findspot record TQ 65 NE 463 - Offham, Comp: surface-finds of at least two Palaeolithic handaxes, from Comp, and "East Comp"
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 65200 57290 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ65NE |
County | KENT |
District | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | OFFHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Full Description
Offham, Comp: surface-finds of at least two Palaeolithic handaxes, from Comp, and "East Comp", the latter locality equating with Comp Farm, and being the easternmost of the trio of Great Comp, Little Comp and Comp. Benjamin Harrison visited "implement-bearing drift" to east of Comp in 1888 (1), vicinity of "old lane back to Comp from Offham". Two Palaeolithic handaxes were recorded by Roe in the 1960s (2), one in Rochester Museum and the other in British Museum, then locality listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (3).
<1> Harrison, ER, 1928, Harrison of Ightham. , p136 (Monograph). SKE55068.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p169 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M4.19 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE55068 Monograph: Harrison, ER. 1928. Harrison of Ightham. . p136.
- <2> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p169.
- <3> SWX6569 Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M4.19.
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Record last edited
Sep 15 2022 4:08PM