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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 NW 216 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | "Brenley Corner", M2 motorway, Boughton-under-Blean - find of Mousterian handaxe, bout coupe form |
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Summary
"Brenley Corner", M2 motorway, Boughton-under-Blean - find of Mousterian handaxe, bout coupe form
| Grid Reference: | TR 040 598 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05NW |
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| Parish: | BOUGHTON UNDER BLEAN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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A finely-made and white-patinated handaxe of classic bout coupe shape seen by Tyldesley (2, p66) in Canterbury Museum, ref L1964/1, presumably the same handaxe described by Roe (1, p260) as from "Faversham". Museum register reports that handaxe was found near Brenley Corner (estimated NGR 604000 159800) and acquired from Mr Gray. Tyldesley (2) says that it was found during construction of the M2 motorway, and that it was found 9.5 miles to the northwest of Brenley Corner (which would be at NGR 588600 160600, in cutting near Bredgar) but this info is otherwise unsubstantiated. Find later included in Southern Rivers Project (3, 4)
<1> Roe, D.A., 1981, The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain., p260 (Monograph). SKE29687.
<2> Tyldesley JA, 1987, The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford., p66 (Bibliographic reference). SKE29688.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-4.44, p188 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<4> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document).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.. 1981. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain.. p260. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Tyldesley JA. 1987. The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford.. p66. |
| <3> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-4.44, p188. |
| <4> | 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. |
