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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 91 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe |
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Summary
An Acheulian-type hand axe was found on the surface of a ploughed field on the route of the Lydden - Dover by-pass. Object found on Clay-with-flints geology.
| Grid Reference: | TR 329 441 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | GUSTON, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Full description
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TR 329441. An Acheulian-type hand axe was found on the surface of a ploughed field on the route of the Lydden - Dover by-pass. (1, 2)
. Assumed to be a different find from those reported by Gaunt at other locations along the by-pass (3)
<1> RPS, 2011, Historical Environmental Desk Based Assessment: Sheerness WTM (Unpublished document). SKE29681.
<2> Cluttons, 2002, Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main (Unpublished document). SKE8212.
<3> Gaunt J, Parfitt K, Halliwell G, 1977, Surveys along the Dover by-pass (Article in serial). SKE29869.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: RPS. 2011. Historical Environmental Desk Based Assessment: Sheerness WTM. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Cluttons. 2002. Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main. |
| <3> | Article in serial: Gaunt J, Parfitt K, Halliwell G. 1977. Surveys along the Dover by-pass. Kent Archaeological Review 49: 196-200.. |
