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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 SW 279 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe from subsoil at Queen Court Cottages, Ospringe |
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Summary
A small scale excavation, K83, high on the east side of the Westbrook valley yielded a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe (Wymer Type E) which might have been in situ.
| Grid Reference: | TR 00288 60429 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06SW |
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| Parish: | FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Full description
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A small scale excavation K83 was carried out in a garden at the top of the east side of the Westbrook valley (1), at a point where two Bronze Age scrapers had been found on the surface in 2009 during a casual visit. A small pointed handaxe was found, missing the pointed tip but otherwise in fresh condition. It was identified as Type E, following Wymer's (1968) classification scheme (2).
<1> Faversham Society Archaeological Research Group, 2012, Understanding Ospringe Project 2008-9 and 2011 (Unpublished document). SKE17255.
<2> Wymer, JJ, 1968, Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley., pp 50-51 (Monograph). SKE29697.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Faversham Society Archaeological Research Group. 2012. Understanding Ospringe Project 2008-9 and 2011. |
| <2> | Monograph: Wymer, JJ. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley.. pp 50-51. |
