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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 NW 205 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxes and debitage from Stewart's Fields, Bloor Place, Rainham |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxes (n=12) and debitage (n=8) from Stewart's Fields, Bloor Place, Rainham, surface finds by H Stopes and others in the late 19th C.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 81400 67400 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86NW |
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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
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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Held at National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, part of the huge Stopes Collection of lithic artefacts, recorded by Wenban-Smith (1). Finds came from Mr. J Stewart's fields, Bloor Place, Rainham
<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, site #674 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. March 2004. The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. site #674. |
