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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NW 1197
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxes from Upchurch, Motley Hill

Summary

Two Palaeolithic handaxes from Motley Hill, Upchurch are in Gillingham Museum; and one from just "Upchurch" is in Bournemouth Museum

Grid Reference:TQ 8279 6845
Map Sheet:TQ86NW
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

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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Two Palaeolithic handaxes from Motley Hill, Upchurch are in Gillingham Museum, seen by Wymer in 1957 (2, 3); and one from just "Upchurch" is in Bournemouth Museum, listed by Roe (1). There was a pit at Motley Hill in early 20th C, shown in the OS Survey, 2nd revision, County Series at 1:2500, and this is a likely source of these finds.


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p186 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 6.3 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 6.3 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p186.
<2>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 6.3.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. M 6.3.