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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 04 SW 436 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Ashford, Palaeolithic hand-axe, surface find |
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Summary
A large brown-patinated Acheulian hand-axe was found in fields to the north of Ashford. This area is now thought to be the site of a housing development. The hand-axe was 14cm long and 10cm wide. Present whereabouts of the handaxe is unknown.
Grid Reference: | TQ 9930 4280 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ94SE |
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Parish: | ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC (at some time) to 150001 BC (at some time))
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Full description
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TQ 993428. A large brown-patinated Acheulian hand-axe, 14.0 cms long and 10.0 cms wide, was found in a field by Mr D Hone of Kennington. (1, 2)
<1> Arch Cant 91 1975 202 (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE36045.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-2.7, p143 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<3> Bradshaw J, 1976, Reports from local Secretaries and Groups, Ashford Archaeological society: Ashford (Article in serial). SKE29689.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 91 1975 202 (J Bradshaw). |
<2>XY | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-2.7, p143. [Mapped feature: #33959 find, ] |
<3> | Article in serial: Bradshaw J. 1976. Reports from local Secretaries and Groups, Ashford Archaeological society: Ashford. |
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