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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 84 NW 53
Type of record:Findspot
Name:surface-find of one Palaeolithic handaxe at Little Poplar Farm

Summary

Small chordiform, flint biface found during fieldwalking of ploughed field. Piece is averagely stained and moderately abraded.


Grid Reference:TQ 8396 4684
Map Sheet:TQ84NW
Parish:ULCOMBE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Small chordiform, flint biface found during fieldwalking of ploughed field. Piece is averagely stained and moderately abraded.(1)

Acheulian handaxe. 58mm x 51mm. (2)


<1> Standen T, 2001, Discoveries - Little Poplar (Unpublished document). SKE7986.

<2> Aldridge, Neil, 2005, Archaeological Notes from the Weald (Unpublished document). SKE16642.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Standen T. 2001. Discoveries - Little Poplar.
<2>Unpublished document: Aldridge, Neil. 2005. Archaeological Notes from the Weald.