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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NW 34
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic implements found in various gravel pits In Upchurch

Summary

Palaeolithic implements including a handaxe and flake found at Upchurch.

Grid Reference:TQ 84 67
Map Sheet:TQ86NW
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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Within the parish of Upchurch are extensive gravel pits, wherein various Palaeolithic implements have been found. (1) Palaeolithic handaxe from Upchurch [TQ 844 675] is in Bournemouth Natural Science Society Museum. (2)

Name changed by F. Wenban-Smith. Formerly referred to as "Palaeolithic implements, found in Upchurch." [3]

Within the parish of Upchurch are extensive gravel pits, wherein various Palaeolithic implements have been found. (1) Palaeolithic handaxe from Upchurch [TQ 844 675] is in Bournemouth Natural Science Society Museum. (2 - 4 )


<1> `Little Guides - Kent', 1935. p. 293. (J.C. Cox) (OS Card Reference). SKE32724.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, CBA Res Rep 8 Gaz Pa Sites 1968 186 (ed D A Roe) (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], M-6.4, p 133 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> Kennard AS, 1916, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia (Article in serial). SKE54256.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: `Little Guides - Kent', 1935. p. 293. (J.C. Cox).
<2>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. CBA Res Rep 8 Gaz Pa Sites 1968 186 (ed D A Roe).
<3>XYMonograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M-6.4, p 133. [Mapped feature: #30274 Finds, ]
<4>Article in serial: Kennard AS. 1916. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol 2 pp 258.