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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NE 14
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe, found at Gillingham House, South of Pier Road, Gillingham

Summary

A Palaeolithic handaxe was found at Gillingham House c.1900. It was last known to be in Gillingham Museum. Gillingham Museum has been demolished and the exhibits dispersed; the exact whereabouts of this find is now uncertain.

Grid Reference:TQ 7831 6907
Map Sheet:TQ76NE
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, 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 125000 BC)

Full description

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A Palaeolithic handaxe found c. 1900 in the back garden of Gillingham House; it was last seen in Gillingham Museum during routine investigation. The findspot at TQ 7832 6907 was pointed out by Rhodes (1). Gillingham Museum has now been demolished and the exhibits dispersed (2). Additional references (3, 4, 5, 6).


<4> Field report for monument TQ 76 NE 14 - October, 1951 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4043.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 76 NE 14 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4044.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 5.12 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<4>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NE 14 - October, 1951. [Mapped feature: #21519 Find, ]
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NE 14 - November, 1964.
<6>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 5.12.