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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 226 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Three Lower Palaeolithic handaxes from housing development near Moat House, Rough Common |
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Summary
Three Lower Palaeolithic handaxes from housing development near Moat House, Rough Common
| Grid Reference: | TR 128 594 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | HARBLEDOWN AND ROUGH COMMON, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE? (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC? (at some time) to 150001 BC? (at some time))
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Full description
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Three Lower Palaeolithic handaxes found in 1978 during building development near Moat House, Rough Common. Their good condition suggests they may originate from minimally disturbed occupation horizon on surface of terrace gravels at site (1, 2).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1979, Three Lower Palaeolithic handaxes from Rough Common, Canterbury (Article in serial). SKE29709.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-4.11, p 145 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Article in serial: Roe, D.A.. 1979. Three Lower Palaeolithic handaxes from Rough Common, Canterbury. [Mapped feature: #43789 Find, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-4.11, p 145. |
