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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 46 SE 132
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Shoreham, Colegates (formerly Colegate): one Palaeolithic handaxe

Summary

Shoreham, Colegates (formerly Colegate): one Palaeolithic handaxe held in British Museum


Grid Reference:TQ 49490 61490
Map Sheet:TQ46SE
Parish:HALSTEAD, SEVENOAKS, 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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Shoreham, Colegates (formerly Colegate): one Palaeolithic handaxe recorded by Roe in the 1960s in collection of British Museum (1), circumstances of recovery unknown (presumed surface-find)


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p175 (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. p175.