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Monument details

HER Number:TR 25 SE 40
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Pointed Palaeolithic handaxe, surface find

Summary

An Acheulian handaxe was found in 1972 by the son of a Bacmeister on a farm track close to Rowling House, Goodnestone, near Sandwich. The handaxe was found in an area of Head Brickearth geology.

Grid Reference:TR 273 549
Map Sheet:TR25SE
Parish:GOODNESTONE, DOVER, 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 273549. A pointed Acheulian handaxe was found in 1972 by Mrs Bacmeister's son on a farm track close to Rowling House, Goodnestone, near Sandwich. Uncertain where handaxe originated as track had been repaired with stones and flints from various sources. The handaxe remains in the possession of the owner. (1, 2)


<1> Halliwell G, Parfitt K, 1979, An Acheulian hand-axe from Goodnestone near Sandwich, K (Article in serial). SKE29763.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-6, No. 11, p 151 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYArticle in serial: Halliwell G, Parfitt K. 1979. An Acheulian hand-axe from Goodnestone near Sandwich. Kent Archaeological Review 57: 152-154.. K. [Mapped feature: #47881 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-6, No. 11, p 151.