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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 405 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Abundant Palaeolithic finds from St. Georges Road, Gillingham |
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Summary
Abundant Palaeolithic finds from St. Georges Road, Gillingham, comprising 40 handaxes, 1 Levallois core, and 1 misc worked piece
| Grid Reference: | TQ 773 688 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, 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)
- LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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No info on precise provenance, material listed in the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project as held at Gillingham Museum in 1957 (1, 2)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M 5.11 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<2> 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Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 5.11 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.
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]. M 5.11. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. M 5.11. |
