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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NW 207
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe, found near Allington Lock

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe, found near Allington Lock, some time before 1904

Grid Reference:TQ 730 593
Map Sheet:TQ75NW
Parish:AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC (at some time))

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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The artefact was aquired by Maidstone Museum in 1904, and examined for the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project in 2005 (1, 5)

; additional references (2, 3, 4)

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<1> The Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project, The Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Database (Digital archive). SKE12815.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p.136 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M4.1 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> 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Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M4.1 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

<5> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Digital archive: The Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project. The Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Database.
<2>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p.136.
<3>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M4.1.
<4>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. M4.1.
<5>Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007. Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent).