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Monument details

HER Number:TR 35 SW 458
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Northbourne, Finglesham - surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe in field to east of Anglo-Saxon cemetery site

Summary

Northbourne, Finglesham - surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe in field to east of Anglo-Saxon cemetery site

Grid Reference:TR 326 535
Map Sheet:TR35SW
Parish:NORTHBOURNE, 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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Northbourne, Finglesham - surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe in field to east of Anglo-Saxon cemetery site, mentioned by Roe (1), Hawkes 1976 (2), Halliwell and Parfitt 1993 (3), and later included within the Southern Rivers Project (4, 5)


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p153 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Hawkes SC, 1976, Letter to the Editor "Palaeolithic hand axe from Finglesham". (Article in serial). SKE29872.

<3> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent, p88 (Article in serial). SKE29751.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-6.17, p151 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<5> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S6 (Unpublished document).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>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p153.
<2>Article in serial: Hawkes SC. 1976. Letter to the Editor "Palaeolithic hand axe from Finglesham".. Kent Archaeological Review 43: 59..
<3>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.
<4>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-6.17, p151.
<5>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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.