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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 04 SW 436
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Ashford, Palaeolithic hand-axe, surface find

Summary

A large brown-patinated Acheulian hand-axe was found in fields to the north of Ashford. This area is now thought to be the site of a housing development. The hand-axe was 14cm long and 10cm wide. Present whereabouts of the handaxe is unknown.

Grid Reference:	TQ 9930 4280
Map Sheet:	TQ94SE
Parish:	ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC (at some time) to 150001 BC (at some time))

Associated Finds

HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Full description

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TQ 993428. A large brown-patinated Acheulian hand-axe, 14.0 cms long and 10.0 cms wide, was found in a field by Mr D Hone of Kennington. (1, 2)

<1> Arch Cant 91 1975 202 (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE36045.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-2.7, p143 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> Bradshaw J, 1976, Reports from local Secretaries and Groups, Ashford Archaeological society: Ashford (Article in serial). SKE29689.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 91 1975 202 (J Bradshaw).
<2>XY	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-2.7, p143. [Mapped feature: #33959 find, ]
<3>	Article in serial: Bradshaw J. 1976. Reports from local Secretaries and Groups, Ashford Archaeological society: Ashford.