Findspot record TR 23 NW 820 - Downs behind Folkestone, surface-finds of Palaeolithic handaxes and other flint implements (Vachell collection)

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Downs behind Folkestone, surface-finds of Palaeolithic handaxes and other flint implements (Vachell collection)

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Grid reference TR 2300 3900 (point)
Map sheet TR23NW
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish HAWKINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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A collection of 7 flint implements found by Mr Vacchel on the Downs behind Folkestone was exhibited in London, 17th Feb 1914 (1). Four of them are clearly Palaeolithic handaxes, of pointed ovate and sub-cordate form; 3 of them are small bifacial implements of ovate/sub-ovate shape of less-certain date, although attributed as Palaeolithic by RA Smith (1). Subsequently Recorded by Roe in the 1960s (2).


<1> Smith RA, 1914, Surface implements of Palaeolithic type., pp468-469 (Article in serial). SKE29888.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p153 (Monograph). SWX6570.

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  • <1> Article in serial: Smith RA. 1914. Surface implements of Palaeolithic type.. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia 1 (4): 468-472.. pp468-469.
  • <2> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p153.

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Jan 16 2023 2:35PM