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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 SE 331 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Chilham - Palaeolithic handaxe surface find from field below cemetery |
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Summary
Chilham - Palaeolithic handaxe surface find from field below cemetery
| Grid Reference: | TR 070 537 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05SE |
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| Parish: | CHILHAM, ASHFORD, 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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Private find on surface of arable field by D Poole, included within Southern Rivers Project (1, 2); location is imporant because although several surface handaxe finds are known from Chilham area, this is the only one with the discovery location well-recorded
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S4.2, p144 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S4.2, p144. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. S4. |
