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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SE 280
Type of record:Findspot
Name:A Palaeolithic handaxe and 2 Levallois flakes from Shorne.

Summary

A Palaeolithic handaxe and 2 Levallois flakes from Shorne, uncertain provenance and location.


Grid Reference:TQ 69 71
Map Sheet:TQ67SE
Parish:SHORNE, 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)
  • LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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A Palaeolithic handaxe and 2 Levallois flakes from Shorne,, uncertain provenance and location, seen by Roe in BM (1), then listed in SRPP (2).


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 175 (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], M 5.3 (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 175.
<2>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 5.3.