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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SE 279
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Palaeolithic handaxe and a possible flake-tool from Chalk, Gravesend

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe and a possible flake-tool from Chalk, Gravesend, uncertain location and provenance.

Grid Reference:	TQ 66 73
Map Sheet:	TQ67SE
Parish:	GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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)
WORKED FLINT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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Handaxe and a possible flake-tool from Chalk, Gravesend, uncertain location and provenance. Roe (1) records a handaxe from Chalk in the British Museum, and quotes Arnold (2) on a "scraper" from gravel beds at Chalk, the latter verified by B Harrison of Ightam (so maybe just an eolith). Finds later listed in SRPP (3).

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 143 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Arnold GM, 1895, Filborough Farmhouse, East Chalk, Gravesend., p 161 (Article in serial). SKE32187.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 5.2 (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 143.
<2>	Article in serial: Arnold GM. 1895. Filborough Farmhouse, East Chalk, Gravesend.. Archaeologia Cantiana 21: 161-171. p 161.
<3>	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 5.2.