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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 1325 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxes and other finds from general Gillingham area |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxes and other finds from general Gillingham area, but without further info on their provenance
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7864 6848 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Material (included 13 handaxes, several flakes, several flake-tools and a Levallois flake) in various museums documented by Roe (1). Three pieces in the British Museum's Wellcome Collection were examined in 2005 for the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project (comprising a sub-cordate handaxe, a globular core, and a flake, the former two marked as found 1938 and 1937 respectively) - all were in mod. abraded condition (2).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p154 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<2> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p154. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007. Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent). |
