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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1207
Type of record:Monument
Name:Hoath, Millbank, handaxe recovered from terrace gravels in north pit

Summary

Hoath, Millbank, handaxe recovered from terrace gravels in north pit

Grid Reference:TR 204 653
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HOATH, CANTERBURY, 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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One Palaeolithic handaxe was found in terrace gravel deposits in the northern pit at Hoath, part of the East Blean gravel spread outcropping between 114.8 and 109 ft. OD (1-5). It was a small, abraded crudely-pointed form from an 8ft thick seam of gravel. Recorded in Roe's Gazetteer (6) and then in SRPP (7).


<1> Bowes, A, 1928, Palaeoliths found in England, p. 517 and Plate LXXIX (Article in serial). SKE29707.

<2> Inf Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE44347.

<3> MS Notes (Dr A Bowes) possession of Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE47458.

<4> F1 ASP 28.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42328.

<5> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 28 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5864.

<6> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p. 157 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7, No. 8, p 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Bowes, A. 1928. Palaeoliths found in England. Antiquaries Journal 8: 517-518, Plates 79-81. p. 517 and Plate LXXIX.
<2>OS Card Reference: Inf Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus.
<3>OS Card Reference: MS Notes (Dr A Bowes) possession of Herne Bay Mus.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 28.11.63.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 28 - November, 1963.
<6>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p. 157.
<7>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-7, No. 8, p 152.