TQ 55 NE 238 - Ightham, fields named Bayshaw, Robsacks, Heron Shaw and Furze Field: several Palaeolithic handaxes from small gravel pits and ground surfaceents

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Findspot record TQ 55 NE 238 - Ightham, fields named Bayshaw, Robsacks, Heron Shaw and Furze Field: several Palaeolithic handaxes from small gravel pits and ground surfaceents

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Ightham, fields named Bayshaw, Robsacks, Heron Shaw and Furze Field: several Palaeolithic handaxes from small gravel pits and ground surface; held in collections of British Museum and Maidstone Museum.

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Grid reference	TQ 59125 56865 (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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<1> Harrison, Benjamin, 1888, Harrison’s Map. 1888. Draft of map prepared for Professor Prestwich in connection with Prestwich’s paper published in 1889 (Map). SKE30968.

<2> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age (Article in serial). SKE31330.

<3> Bennett, FJ, 1907, Ightham: The story of a Kentish village and its surroundings (Bibliographic reference). SKE31344.

<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, pp 158, 162-163 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK6.88 (Monograph). SWX6569.

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<1> SKE30968 Map: Harrison, Benjamin. 1888. Harrison’s Map. 1888. Draft of map prepared for Professor Prestwich in connection with Prestwich’s paper published in 1889.
<2> SKE31330 Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1889. On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age. Vol 45, 270 - 297.
<3> SKE31344 Bibliographic reference: Bennett, FJ. 1907. Ightham: The story of a Kentish village and its surroundings.
<4> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. pp 158, 162-163.
<5> SWX6569 Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK6.88.

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Sep 13 2022 1:30PM