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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NW 61 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic hand axe, Reculver |
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Summary
Palaeolithic hand axe (probably found at the beach), Reculver.
| Grid Reference: | TR 227 694 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NW |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Full description
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Palaeolithic handaxe in Ashmolean Museum, from Reculver (probably from beach), reported as "Early Acheulian hand axe" in museum report (1), additional reference (2) and site photographs (3-4). Possibly from J Evans' collecting visits in 1860s-1890s (5)
<1> Ashmolean Mus Rep 1952 28-9 (OS Card Reference). SKE37400.
<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 61 (Index). SWX11836.
<3> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11653.
<4> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11639.
<5> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, pp. 613, 616 (Monograph). SWX6573.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Ashmolean Mus Rep 1952 28-9. [Mapped feature: #50829 find, ] |
| <2> | Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 61. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2268/6. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2168/1. print. |
| <5> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. pp. 613, 616. |
