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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 SW 306 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe from Springett Way, Coxheath, Maidstone |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe from Springett Way, Coxheath, Maidstone, held at Maidstone Museum
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7469 5151 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75SW |
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| Parish: | COXHEATH, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Documented by Roe (1). Presumably found during housing construction in 1950s-1960s, since Springett Way did not exist before then.
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p166 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p166. |
