Findspot record TQ 66 SW 151 - Fairseat, general area: at least four Palaeolithic handaxes and one possible flake-tool
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 62010 61350 (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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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Fairseat, general area (Clay-with-flints plateau of North Downs): at least four Palaeolithic handaxes and one possible flake-tool, recorded by Roe in the 1960s in various museum collections, mostly British Museum (1); circumstances of recovery unknown, almost certainly surface-finds.
TQ 617614 and 6117616 Findspot of four Lower Palaeolithic handaxes and one retouched flake in Chalk geology. (2)
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p176 (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)
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: The Southern rivers Palaeolithic Project (EKE20337)
Record last edited
Jul 3 2025 3:44PM