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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 85 NE 21 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Wormshill: one Palaeolithic handaxe dug up in garden (Blacksmith's Cottage) opposite Blacksmith's Arms |
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Summary
Acheulian hand-axe found in the garden of Blacksmith's cottage in 1978, on Clay-with-flints geology.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 87800 57100 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ85NE |
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| Parish: | WORMSHILL, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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TQ 878 571. Acheulian hand-axe, dug up in garden of Blacksmith's Cottage. (1)
Francis Wenban Smith assessment [2]
<1> Arch Cant 94 1978 268 (D B Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE36191.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S 1.6 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 94 1978 268 (D B Kelly). [Mapped feature: #28130 find, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S 1.6. |
