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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 SE 261 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Smarden, surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe |
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Summary
Smarden, surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe
| Grid Reference: | TQ 88 42 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84SE |
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| Parish: | SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Smarden, surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe; identified by Roe in Maidstone Museum for his 1968 gazetteer (1), then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3)
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p175 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S2.4, p143 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S2 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p175. |
| <2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S2.4, p143. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. S2. |
