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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 306 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic Hand Axes, Springhead |
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Summary
Three lower Palaeolithic handaxes were found during work on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link at the head of the Ebbsfleet.
Location accurate to 50m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6178 7262 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC (at some time))
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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Three unstratified lower palaeolithic handaxes were found during work on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link at the head of the Ebbsfleet. The precise find location is not known, but would be around TQ6178726.(1)
Location accurate to 50m based on available information
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report (Unpublished document). SKE31600.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2003. Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report. |
