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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 NW 204 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Hartlip, handaxe from gravel pit near railway cutting |
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Summary
One crude handaxe found in gravel pit near rail cutting
| Grid Reference: | TQ 84 65 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86NW |
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| Parish: | UPCHURCH, SWALE, 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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3 Palaeo. Handaxes counted by F. Wenban-Smith. [1]
One crude handaxe found in gravel pit near rail cutting, reported by Evans (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-6.5, p 133 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 611 (Monograph). SWX6573.
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-6.5, p 133. |
| <2> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p. 611. |
