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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 65 SE 23
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Palaeolithic hand axe, Hale Park Wood, Nettlestead

Summary

A small Palaeolithic hand axe of Middle Acheulian type found in Hale Park Wood, Nettlestead. The exact find location is unknown.

Grid Reference:	TQ 677 508
Map Sheet:	TQ65SE
Parish:	NETTLESTEAD, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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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TQ 677508. A small palaeolithic hand-axe of Middle Acheulian type was picked up by Mr.R.G.Cutting in Hale Park Wood, Nettlestead. (1) This was a casual find made by Mr. Cutting while out walking. The approximate find-site as marked by Mr. Cutting on Maidstone Museum 6" is woodland and was not confirmed on the ground as Mr. Cutting lives in Hythe. (2)

<1> Arch Cant 82 1967 296 (Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35750.

<2> RG Cutting 38 Earlsfield Rd Hythe (OS Card Reference). SKE49242.

<3> F1 CFW 14.11.69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42564.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 65 SE 23 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3436.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M3.7 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 82 1967 296 (Kelly).
<2>	OS Card Reference: RG Cutting 38 Earlsfield Rd Hythe.
<3>	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 14.11.69.
<4>XY	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 SE 23 - November, 1969. [Mapped feature: #13544 find, ]
<5>	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M3.7.