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Monument details

HER Number:TR 24 SE 207
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Sleed Wood, Hougham "b", surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe

Summary

Sleed Wood, Hougham "b", surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe

Grid Reference:TR 2868 4212
Map Sheet:TR24SE
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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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Second "b" of two handaxe surface findspots at Sleed Wood reported by Halliwell and Parfitt (2), following earlier recovery of a Mousterian bout coupe handaxe at the location (1). Site later included in Southern Rivers Project (3, 4).


<1> Crellin, TD, 1974, Public support for the archaeologist. (Article in serial). SKE29860.

<2> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent (Article in serial). SKE29751.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-5.7, p149 (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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S5 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Crellin, TD. 1974. Public support for the archaeologist.. Kent Archaeological Review 35: 155..
<2>Article in serial: Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K. 1993. Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent. Kent Archaeological Review 114: 80-89..
<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-5.7, p149.
<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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. S5.