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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 NE 338
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Deal, Walmer, surface find of prehistoric flint core-tool in field close to Mayers Rd

Summary

Deal, Walmer, surface find of prehistoric flint core-tool in field close to Mayers Rd

Grid Reference:TR 362 499
Map Sheet:TR34NE
Parish:WALMER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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Surface find of a rectangular flint core-tool, white-patinated and bifacially worked with patches of orange-brown staining on one side. Found on field surface in August 1988 by Jill Bowers (1) and identified as Palaeolithic handaxe by G Halliwell, although from illustration (1) it could equally be a Mesolithic pick. Mentioned by Halliwell and Parfitt 1993 (2) and included in the Southern Rivers Project (3, 4)


<1> Bowers, J., 1989, A Palaeolithic hand-axe from Walmer (Article in serial). SKE29852.

<2> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent, p88 (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-5.15, p150 (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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S5 (Unpublished document).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: Bowers, J.. 1989. A Palaeolithic hand-axe from Walmer. Kent Archaeological Review 96: 121-123.
<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.. p88.
<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-5.15, p150.
<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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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.