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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 97 SE 103
Type of record:Findspot
Name:A Palaeolithic handaxe, Minster, Isle of Sheppey

Summary

A Palaeolithic handaxe, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, in collection of British Museum


Grid Reference:TQ 956 730
Map Sheet:TQ97SE
Parish:MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, 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)

Full description

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A Palaeolithic handaxe, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, seen in collection of British Museum by Roe (1), then included in SRPP (2).


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p.174 (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. 13, p 134 (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.174.
<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. 13, p 134.