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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 1620
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Harbledown, Bigbury Wood - surface finds of a Palaeolithic handaxe and a lithic implement of uncertain date

Summary

Harbledown, Bigbury Wood - surface finds of a Palaeolithic handaxe and a lithic implement of uncertain date

Grid Reference:TR 11 57
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:HARBLEDOWN AND ROUGH COMMON, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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Harbledown, Bigbury Wood - surface finds of a Palaeolithic handaxe and a lithic implement of uncertain date; Seen by Roe (1), then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3)


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p141 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S4.10, p144 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document).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: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p141.
<2>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S4.10, p144.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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.