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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 28
Type of record:Monument
Name:Hoath, Millbank, handaxes recovered from terrace gravels in south pit

Summary

Palaeolithic implements, one possible Acheulian type, were found in two gravel pits at Hoath. A Borers and scrapers were also found at Hoath. Three Lower Palaeolithic handaxes were found at South Pit, Hoath, on Head Gravel geology

Grid Reference:TR 203 652
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HOATH, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • BORER (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Full description

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Two Palaeolithic handaxes were found in bedded terrace gravel deposits in the south pit at Hoath, part of the East Blean gravel spread outcropping between 114.8 and 109 ft. OD (1-5). One was a large elongated ovate (sl. abraded), the other was a small sharply pointed form in fresh condition. Recorded in Roe's Gazetteer (6) and then in SRPP (7).


<1> Bowes, A, 1928, Palaeoliths found in England, p. 517 and Plate LXXIX (Article in serial). SKE29707.

<2> Inf Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE44347.

<3> MS Notes (Dr A Bowes) possession of Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE47458.

<4> F1 ASP 28.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42328.

<5> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 28 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5864.

<6> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p. 157 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7, No. 8, p 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYArticle in serial: Bowes, A. 1928. Palaeoliths found in England. Antiquaries Journal 8: 517-518, Plates 79-81. p. 517 and Plate LXXIX. [Mapped feature: #50595 find, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: Inf Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus.
<3>OS Card Reference: MS Notes (Dr A Bowes) possession of Herne Bay Mus.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 28.11.63.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 28 - November, 1963.
<6>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p. 157.
<7>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-7, No. 8, p 152.