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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 SW 178 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe and debitage scatter, surface finds near West Street, Finglesham |
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Summary
Palaeolithic Hand Axe and Waste Flakes found near West Street, Finglesham
| Grid Reference: | TR 333 543 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SW |
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| Parish: | NORTHBOURNE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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One handaxe and 25 struck flakes found at foot of North Downs slope some 5-15m OD. (1) Additional field walking recovered 28 more flints from this site (2)
<1> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent (Article in serial). SKE29751.
<2> Parfitt K, Halliwell, G, 1996, More Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent (Article in serial). SKE29752.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K. 1993. Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent. Kent Archaeological Review 114: 80-89.. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Parfitt K, Halliwell, G. 1996. More Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent. Kent Archaeological Review 123: 58-64.. |
