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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 NE 337
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Freedown, Ringwould-with-Kingsdown - surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe

Summary

Freedown, Ringwould-with-Kingsdown - surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe

Grid Reference:TR 3620 4690
Map Sheet:TR34NE
Parish:RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN, 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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Freedown, Ringwould-with-Kingsdown - surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe by G Halliwell (1), presumed to be same findspot/handaxe as that reported at slightly different grid reference in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3).


<1> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent, p88 (Article in serial). SKE29751.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-5.12, p149 (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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S5 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>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.. p88.
<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-5.12, p149.
<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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. S5.