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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NW 25
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic implements, Otterham Quay, Upchurch

Summary

Palaeolithic implement found at Otterham Quay, Chatham. 3 Lower Palaeolithic handaxes attributed to Motley Hill, Otterham Creek, and 1 flake probably come from the site of Otterham Quay. Objects found in area of Thanet Sand or Head geology.

Grid Reference:TQ 831 670
Map Sheet:TQ86NW
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (found 1862, Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Associated Finds

  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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"In 1862, Prof. T. McK. Hughes ..... found a rude palaeolithic implement near Otterham Quay, Chatham." (1)

Name changed by F. Wenban-Smith. Formerly referred to as "palaeolithic implement near Otterham Quay" [2]

"In 1862, Prof. T. McK. Hughes ..... found a rude palaeolithic implement near Otterham Quay, Chatham." (1, 2)


<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, A.S.I., 1897, p. 611. (Sir John Evans) (Monograph). SWX6573.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M-6.3, p. 133 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites (Monograph). SWX6570.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. A.S.I., 1897, p. 611. (Sir John Evans).
<2>XYMonograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M-6.3, p. 133. [Mapped feature: #30175 find, ]
<3>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355.