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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 76 SW 100 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | A Palaeolithic handaxe found at Burham |
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Summary
A Palaeolithic handaxe found at Burham, in collection of Maidstone Museum
Grid Reference: | TQ 716 623 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ76SW |
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Parish: | BURHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Site of a possible Neolithic causewayed enclosure at Burham, Kent. The cropmarks were interpreted and transcribed by RCHME as part of the Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic Project. See the archive report for full details. |
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Full description
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Listed by Roe (1), and then included in the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project (2, 3).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 141 (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], M 4.26 (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Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 4.26 (Unpublished document).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. p 141. |
<2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 4.26. |
<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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. M 4.26. |