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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 35 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric tools fd |
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Summary
A collection of Palaeolithic handaxes and a Mesolithic Thames pick were recovered as surface finds.
| Grid Reference: | TR 22 35 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
- PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Full description
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Six Acheulian handaxes (two illustrated), a Mousterian handaxe and 6 Thames picks (one illustrated) have been found as surface finds in the Folkestone area. (1) No further information on these implements was gained at the Folkestone or Maidstone Museums. (2)
<1> Proc Prehist Soc East Anglia 1 1911-14 469-71 figs 15-17 (R A Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE48726.
<2> F1 CFW 23.04.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42714.
<3> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 35 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5619.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Proc Prehist Soc East Anglia 1 1911-14 469-71 figs 15-17 (R A Smith). |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23.04.64. [Mapped feature: #44929 find, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 35 - April, 1964. |
