Findspot record TQ 65 SW 13 - Flint implements

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Worked flakes and flint chips were found in a large space, newly cleared, in North Frith Woods near Tunbridge, on the Shipbourne Road.

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Grid reference TQ 607 502 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ65SW
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish HADLOW, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Worked flakes and flint chips were found in a large space, newly cleared, in North Frith Woods near Tunbridge, on the Shipbourne Road. The subsoil is Kentish ragstone with waterworn pebbles of jasper and haematite. In the course of two visits about forty flint chips and worked flakes were found, including a scraper. None was waterworn. (1) The provenance and present location of these flints was not discovered. Mr L R A Grove, Curator of Maidstone Museum had no knowledge of them. (2)


<1> PSA 2nd Ser 8 1880 385 (Rev J M Mello) (OS Card Reference). SKE48800.

<2> F1 EG 14.05.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42864.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 13 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3460.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: PSA 2nd Ser 8 1880 385 (Rev J M Mello).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 EG 14.05.59.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 13 - May, 1959.

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2021 6:18PM