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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 87 NW 58
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Palaeolithic handaxe, from gravel pit to SW of Allhallows Church, Hoo

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe, from gravel pit to SW of Allhallows Church, Hoo, found by W Whitaker in c. 1880s

Grid Reference:	TQ 828 767
Map Sheet:	TQ87NW
Parish:	ALLHALLOWS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Associated Finds

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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A Palaeolithic handaxe was found by W Whitaker in c. 1880s in a gravel pit on the north side of the road c. three-quarters of a mile to SW of Allhallows Church, Hoo (1). Present location of this handaxe is uncertain. NB, this record may correspond with the handaxe reported by Evans as found "at Stoke" [MonUID MKE3193], and which is now in the British Museum, where it was examined in 2005 for the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project (3 - collection study-event ref STOKE01).

<1> Whitaker, W, 1889, Geology of London and of Part of the Thames Valley, Vol I. Memoirs of the Geological Survey, HMSO., p442 (Monograph). SKE29899.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p611 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Monograph: Whitaker, W. 1889. Geology of London and of Part of the Thames Valley, Vol I. Memoirs of the Geological Survey, HMSO.. p442.
<2>	Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p611.
<3>	Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007. Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent).