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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SW 190 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Petham, surface finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes, one from "Pigeon House field" |
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Summary
Petham, surface finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes, one from "Pigeon House field"
| Grid Reference: | TR 13 51 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SW |
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| Parish: | PETHAM, CANTERBURY, 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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Both handaxes seen by Roe in Maidstone Museum (1), then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3)
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p170 (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], S-4.43, p148 (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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document).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. p170. |
| <2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-4.43, p148. |
| <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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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. |
