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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 SE 75 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe, from within upper part of brickearth at 39 Manor Road, Deal |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe, from within upper part of brickearth at 39 Manor Road, Deal. Object found on Head Brickearth geology
| Grid Reference: | TR 3652 5162 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | DEAL, DOVER, 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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A Palaeolithic handaxe was found in brickearth at a depth of approximately 2 feet below the ground surface at the south-western boundary of his garden at 39 Manor Road, Deal, by A. Kuah (1, 2). The handaxe measured 98 x 56 x 22 mm and weighed 96g, see illustration card. It was pointed (with a broken tip), bifacially flaked, made of grey flint, and had an even ochre-brown patina. Additional info (3).
<1> Tomaszewski NE, Halliwell G, 1978, Palaeolithic handaxe found at Deal (Article in serial). SKE29893.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-6, No. 15, p 151 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<3> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1996, Proposed Supermarket Development, West Street, Deal, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE7108.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Article in serial: Tomaszewski NE, Halliwell G. 1978. Palaeolithic handaxe found at Deal. Kent Archaeological Review 51: 12-14.. [Mapped feature: #58991 find, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-6, No. 15, p 151. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1996. Proposed Supermarket Development, West Street, Deal, Kent. |
