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Findspot record TR 03 SE 110 - Surface-find of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe at Aldergate Wood, Lympne
Summary
A surface findspot of a lower Palaeolithic handaxe on the edge of a path near Lympne.
Location
| Grid reference | TR 095 348 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR03SE |
| County | KENT |
| District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
| Civil Parish | LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Full Description
The findspot of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe found on the surface in Aldergate Wood, near Lympne. The material has been inferred to have been derived from the local 'Hythe Beds' where many well stained flint lumps in the soil capping this could have profvided the raw meterial for the handaxe.(1-2)
<1> Halliwell G and Parfitt K, 2000, A Palaeolithic handaxe found near Lympne, Kent, (Article in serial). SKE16140.
<2> Romney Marsh Research Trust, 2010, Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010 (Unpublished document). SKE16034.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 16 2023 11:23AM