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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 25 SW 29
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Aylesham, 46 Newman Road, Palaeolithic handaxe found in garden

Summary

Aylesham, 46 Newman Road, Lower Palaeolithic Acheulian type handaxe, found in the garden at 46 Newman Road, Aylesham. Object found on Upper Chalk geology.

Grid Reference:	TR 3208 5226
Map Sheet:	TR35SW
Parish:	AYLESHAM, DOVER, KENT
	NORTHBOURNE, 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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A middle Acheulian handaxe, found by Mr. H. Vosper in his garden at 46 Newman Road, Aylesham, is in the Royal Museum (no.9198). *see DRIF. (1) Mr. Vosper was not available and none of his neighbours could help in siting this axe. However the house plot is very small (17.0m x 6.0m) centred TR 2308252259. (2)

<1> Anon, 1969, Investigations and excavations during the year: Aylesham (Article in serial). SKE29764.

<2> F1 CFW 18.NOV.69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42621.

<3> Field report for monument TR 25 SW 29 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5799.

<4> 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. 10, p 151 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>XY	Article in serial: Anon. 1969. Investigations and excavations during the year: Aylesham. Archaeologia Cantiana 83 (for 1968): 268. [Mapped feature: #48019 find, ]
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 18.NOV.69.
<3>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 25 SW 29 - November, 1969.
<4>	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. 10, p 151.