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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 71 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe, found in situ in test pit at Stone House School, Broadstairs and St. Peters |
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Summary
A Palaeolithic handaxe was found during excavations at Stone House School prior to 1971. It was found at a depth of 0.85 metres below the modern ground surface, in a test pit.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3956 6912 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC (at some time) to 40001 BC (at some time))
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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A Palaeolithic handaxe was found during excavations at Stone House School prior to 1971, 0.85 metres below the modern ground surface (1, 2). The present location of this artefact is uncertain.
<1> Biggs, H., 1972, Belgic and Roman discoveries at Lanthorne Road, Broadstairs: an interim report (Article in serial). SKE29851.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-8, No. 1, p 153 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Biggs, H.. 1972. Belgic and Roman discoveries at Lanthorne Road, Broadstairs: an interim report. Kent Archaeological Review 29: 273-275.. |
| <2>XY | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-8, No. 1, p 153. [Mapped feature: #61735 find, ] |
