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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NE 118 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe, surface find at Hawkeshill Down, Walmer |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe, surface find at Hawkeshill Down, Walmer
| Grid Reference: | TR 3745 4905 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | DEAL, DOVER, 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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Very small handaxe, surface find on Hawkeshill Down TR 3745 4905 (1). Additonal field walking recovered 6 flakes at this site (2).
<1> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent, p.87 (Article in serial). SKE29751.
<2> Parfitt K, Halliwell, G, 1996, More Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent, Parfitt and Halliwell KAR 123 1996 p.60 (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.. p.87. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Parfitt K, Halliwell, G. 1996. More Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent. Kent Archaeological Review 123: 58-64.. Parfitt and Halliwell KAR 123 1996 p.60. |
