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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 87 NW 18
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Acheulian hand axe, Allhallows

Summary

An Acheulian hand axe was found on the beach at Allhallows in 1975. The unpatinated axe was slightly rolled. The present wherabouts of this find is uncertain.

Grid Reference:	TQ 838 789
Map Sheet:	TQ87NW
Parish:	ALLHALLOWS, MEDWAY, KENT

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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An Acheulian handaxe was found on the beach at Allhallows in 1975 by Mr RA Taylor of Bexley. It is unpatinated but slightly rolled, and is 12cm long (1). Additional references (2,3).

<1> Tester, P.J, 1979, Researches and discoveries in Kent: Allhallows. (Article in serial). SKE29892.

<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, No.1 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> 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Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M-6, No. 1 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Article in serial: Tester, P.J. 1979. Researches and discoveries in Kent: Allhallows.. Archaeologia Cantiana 94 (for 1978): 260..
<2>	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M-6, No.1.
<3>XY	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. M-6, No. 1. [Mapped feature: #31683 find, ]