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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 NW 2
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe, St. Mary Hoo, field by "Hoppers"

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe, St. Mary Hoo, field by "Hoppers"; surface-find in late 19th C by W Whitaker of a small neatly-chipped and much-abraded pointed handaxe

Grid Reference:TQ 81 76
Map Sheet:TQ87NW
Parish:ST MARY HOO, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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Originally reported by Whitaker (1), then included in Evans' general survey (2). Artefact seems to have ended up in the British Museum, where seen by Roe (3), and then also later examined for the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project (4 - collection reference SMH01)


<1> Whitaker, W, 1889, Geology of London and of Part of the Thames Valley, Vol I. Memoirs of the Geological Survey, HMSO., p442 (Monograph). SKE29899.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p611 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p171 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<4> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Whitaker, W. 1889. Geology of London and of Part of the Thames Valley, Vol I. Memoirs of the Geological Survey, HMSO.. p442.
<2>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p611.
<3>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p171.
<4>XYUnpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007. Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent). [Mapped feature: #92850 find, ]