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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NW 1026 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe, from beach between Reculver Fort and Coastguard tower |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe, from beach between Reculver Fort and Coastguard tower
| Grid Reference: | TR 216 691 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NW |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, 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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Palaeolithic flint handaxe found on the foreshore between Reculver Fort and Coastguard Tower (1, 2).
<1> Whitstable and Herne Bay Museums, Catalogue of accessions, H1421 (Index). SWX9398.
<2> 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. 3, p 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Index: Whitstable and Herne Bay Museums. Catalogue of accessions. H1421. |
| <2> | 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. 3, p 152. |
