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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 434 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Springhead area, surface finds of 3 Palaeolithic handaxes and a flake |
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Summary
Springhead area, surface finds of 3 handaxes and a flake. No further information about the finds or the circumstances of their discovery is available. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 617 728 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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Springhead area, surface finds of 3 handaxes and a flake, listed by Roe (1), and then included in SRPP (2) No further information about the finds or the circumstances of their discovery is available.
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 184 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 5.8 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p 184. |
| <2>XY | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 5.8. [Mapped feature: #87666 findspot, ] |
