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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 223 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | A Palaeolithic handaxe and 1 piece of prehistoric debitage, Sittingbourne |
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Summary
A Palaeolithic handaxe and 1 piece of prehistoric debitage, Sittingbourne
| Grid Reference: | TQ 90 64 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96SW |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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A Palaeolithic handaxe and one piece of debitage of uncertain prehistoric date from Sittingbourne area, of unknown provenance; reported by Roe (1) and then in SRPP (2)
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites (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 6.9, p133 (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. |
| <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 6.9, p133. |
