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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 65 SE 23 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Palaeolithic hand axe, Hale Park Wood, Nettlestead |
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Summary
A small Palaeolithic hand axe of Middle Acheulian type found in Hale Park Wood, Nettlestead. The exact find location is unknown.
Grid Reference: | TQ 677 508 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ65SE |
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Parish: | NETTLESTEAD, 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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TQ 677508. A small palaeolithic hand-axe of Middle Acheulian type was picked up by Mr.R.G.Cutting in Hale Park Wood, Nettlestead. (1) This was a casual find made by Mr. Cutting while out walking. The approximate find-site as marked by Mr. Cutting on Maidstone Museum 6" is woodland and was not confirmed on the ground as Mr. Cutting lives in Hythe. (2)
<1> Arch Cant 82 1967 296 (Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35750.
<2> RG Cutting 38 Earlsfield Rd Hythe (OS Card Reference). SKE49242.
<3> F1 CFW 14.11.69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42564.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 65 SE 23 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3436.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M3.7 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 82 1967 296 (Kelly). |
<2> | OS Card Reference: RG Cutting 38 Earlsfield Rd Hythe. |
<3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 14.11.69. |
<4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 SE 23 - November, 1969. [Mapped feature: #13544 find, ] |
<5> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M3.7. |