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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 76 NE 51
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Palaeolithic handaxe found at Chatham Engineering School, Gillingham

Summary

A Palaeolithic handaxe, oval in shape. Found in 1882, in gravel at the Engineering School in Chatham.

Grid Reference:	TQ 765 690
Map Sheet:	TQ76NE
Parish:	GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Associated Finds

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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An ovate Palaeolithic handaxe was found in 1882, in gravel, at the Engineering School, Chatham by Prof, J.W. Judd, who gave it to J Evans (1)

. It is now held at the Ashmolean Museum, where seen by Roe (2), and site is listed in the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project (3, 4).

<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p611 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, M 5.13 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 5.13 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> 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Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 5,13 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p611.
<2>	Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. M 5.13.
<3>	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 5.13.
<4>XY	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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 5,13. [Mapped feature: #92070 find, ]