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Monument details

HER Number:TR 33 NW 2
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Mesolithic tranchet axe

Summary

A Mesolithic tranchet axe was found from near Ancliff, Dover.


Grid Reference:TR 300 394
Map Sheet:TR33NW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

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[TR 300 394] A Mesolithic Tranchet axe from near Archcliffe, Dover. Now in the British Museum. Information from J. J. Wymer. (1-2)


<1> CBA Res Rep 20 Gaz of Mes Sites in Eng and Wales 1977 147 (JJ Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38888.

<2> Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: CBA Res Rep 20 Gaz of Mes Sites in Eng and Wales 1977 147 (JJ Wymer). [Mapped feature: #51836 find, ]
<2>Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.