TQ 53 NE 7 - Mesolithic flint implements, Happy Valley, Tunbridge Wells

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Findspot record TQ 53 NE 7 - Mesolithic flint implements, Happy Valley, Tunbridge Wells

Summary

Mesolithic flint implements have been found at Happy Valley during the construction of a track and during searches in the late 1950's. Found near the overhangs of the rock escarpment. Happy Valley Rocks are recorded on a map of Mesolithic cave and rock-shelter sites in England and Wales.

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Grid reference	TQ 564 392 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ53NE
County	KENT
District	TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish	ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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TQ 564 392. The construction of a track some time ago and searches by local boys in the late 1950's in and near the overhangs of this rock escarpment [Happy Valley] have produced a few Me. flints, nothing has been stratified, recorded or published. Happy Valley Rocks, shown on a map of Mesolithic Cave and rock- shelter sites in England and Wales (2) but not listed in gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in Eng & Wales.(3)

<1> Letter: J H Money 12.2.63 (in file) (OS Card Reference). SKE46121.

<2> BAR 76 1980 Culture and Environment in Prehist Wales 132-3 (J A Taylor ed) (OS Card Reference). SKE37565.

<3> CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz of Me sites in Eng and Wales (J J Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38866.

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<1> SKE46121 OS Card Reference: Letter: J H Money 12.2.63 (in file).
<2>XY SKE37565 OS Card Reference: BAR 76 1980 Culture and Environment in Prehist Wales 132-3 (J A Taylor ed). [Mapped feature: #12547 Find, ]
<3> SKE38866 OS Card Reference: CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz of Me sites in Eng and Wales (J J Wymer).