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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 NW 62 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Meopham: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Meopham: surface-finds of several (8 reported) Palaeolithic handaxes
| Grid Reference: | TQ 64600 66175 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66NW |
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| Parish: | MEOPHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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8 Palaeolithic Handaxes [1] One handaxe found by W. Whitaker in late 19th century, reported by Evans (2), and at least 7 others recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3), then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (1).
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 2.60 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p611 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p166 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 2.60. |
| <2> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p611. |
| <3> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p166. |
