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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 27
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe, 2 St. Stephen's Hill, Canterbury

Grid Reference:TR 1468 5922
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Full description

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[TR 14685922] A Palaeolithic handaxe, classified as early mid-Acheulian, was found at 2 St. Stephen's Hill in May 1946 and presented to Canterbury Museum, accession No. 1954/29. (1, 2, 3, 4)


<1> Corr 6" (F Jenkins 1949) (OS Card Reference). SKE39262.

<2> F1 NVQ 26-AUG-54 (OS Card Reference). SKE43041.

<3> OS 1/2500 1956 (OS Card Reference). SKE48126.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-4.28, p 146 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Corr 6" (F Jenkins 1949).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 NVQ 26-AUG-54.
<3>OS Card Reference: OS 1/2500 1956.
<4>XYMonograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-4.28, p 146. [Mapped feature: #43623 find, ]