Findspot record TR 05 SE 331 - Chilham - Palaeolithic handaxe surface

Lower Palaeolithic handaxe found on the surface of a field below a cemetery on the edge of dry valley deposits. Private find on surface of arable field by D Poole, included within Southern Rivers Project (1, 2); location is imporant because although several surface handaxe finds are known from Chilham area, this is the only one with the discovery location well-recorded

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S4.2, p144 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.