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Monument details

HER Number:TR 14 SE 4
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Standardhill Farm, Elham (field to west of): surface-finds of Palaeolithic handaxes and other artefacts

Summary

Five Palaeolithic handaxes, a flake-tool, and a Levallois flake were found on the surface of a ploughed field on the south-west side of Standardhill Farm, 0.75 miles east of Elham Church, as reported by Tester

Grid Reference:TR 188 437
Map Sheet:TR14SE
Parish:ELHAM, SHEPWAY, KENT

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)
  • LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC? to 40001 BC?)

Full description

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[TR 188437] Seven palaeolithic implements (6 Middle Acheulian and 1 Levallois but all probably contempory) were picked up on the surface of a ploughed field on the south-west side of Standardhill Farm, 0.75 miles east of Elham Church. (1)

These implements are not in the Canterbury or Folkestone Museums: they have probably been retained by Tester. (2)

These finds reported by Tester are probably held by Canterbury Museum (catalogued in c. 2010 under Box 9, C4), contra previous para. Recorded by Roe in the 1960s, then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (4, 5, 6).


<1> Tester, P. J., 1953, Surface Palaeoliths from Standardhill Farm, Near Elham, Arch Cant 65 1953 85-9 illust (PJ Tester) (Article in serial). SKE7948.

<2> F1 CFW 17-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42606.

<3> Wardale, C., 1963, Field report for monument TR 14 SE 4 - April, 1963 (Unpublished document). SKE5408.

<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 151 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], p 143, S3.3 & S3.4 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<6> 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Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S3.3 & S3.4 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Tester, P. J.. 1953. Surface Palaeoliths from Standardhill Farm, Near Elham. Vol.LXV p85-9 illust. Arch Cant 65 1953 85-9 illust (PJ Tester).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: F1 CFW 17-APR-63. [Mapped feature: #42526 Find, ]
<3>Unpublished document: Wardale, C.. 1963. Field report for monument TR 14 SE 4 - April, 1963.
<4>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p 151.
<5>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. p 143, S3.3 & S3.4.
<6>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]. S3.3 & S3.4.