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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 75 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe, from Stone |
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Summary
Findspot of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe in Boyn Hill Gravel or Upper Chalk.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 57 74 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | STONE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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A cordate handaxe measuring 4.5 inches from Stone, Kent is held in Dartford Museum, seen by Roe (1) and also mentioned by Wymer (2). No info known on its provenance. Later included in SRPP (3).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p176 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<2> Wymer, JJ, 1968, Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley., p332 (Monograph). SKE29697.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK.4.14 (G) (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p176. |
| <2> | Monograph: Wymer, JJ. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley.. p332. |
| <3>XY | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK.4.14 (G). [Mapped feature: #70627 Find, ] |
