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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 NW 9 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Handaxe surface find, south of Selling church |
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Summary
Lower Palaeolithic handaxe was found 1.5 miles south of Selling Church. Object found in an area of Thanet Sand geology.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0420 5440 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05SW |
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| Parish: | CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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A small pointed Palaeolithic implement was found 1.5 miles south of Selling Church, near Franklins Lane [TR 04200 54400]. (1-4)
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 612 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p. 174 (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] (Monograph). SWX6569.
<4> 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. p. 612. |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p. 174. |
| <3>XY | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. [Mapped feature: #40175 Handaxe, ] |
| <4> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. |
