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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 SW 28 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Ospringe, surface find of ovate handaxe |
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Summary
In 1865, a small, neatly-chipped ovate handaxe was found on the surface at Ospringe.
| Grid Reference: | TR 00 61 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06SW |
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| Parish: | FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Ospringe - Palaeolithic implement found. (1) At Ospringe, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins found, in 1865, not in gravel, but on the surface, a small, neatly-chipped ovate implement, white andporcellaneous. (2)
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, Evans Stone Imp 611 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<2> Clinch, G., 1908, Early Man (Article in monograph). SKE29686.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. Evans Stone Imp 611. |
| <2>XY | Article in monograph: Clinch, G.. 1908. Early Man. [Mapped feature: #40455 find, ] |
