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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 35 SW 456
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Eastry, surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe in field east of Thornton Lane

Summary

Eastry, surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe in field east of Thornton Lane

Grid Reference:	TR 301 537
Map Sheet:	TR35SW
Parish:	EASTRY, 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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Surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe in field east of Thornton Lane, Eastry, found by Mr W Martin, reported by Halliwell and Parfitt (1) and then included in the Southern Rivers Project (2, 3)

<1> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent (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-6.12, p151 (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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S6 (Unpublished document).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..
<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-6.12, p151.
<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	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. S6.