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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SW 118
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Pointed Palaeolithic handaxe from Tower Road, Dartford

Summary

Pointed Palaeolithic handaxe from Tower Road, Dartford in fresh condition


Grid Reference:TQ 535 742
Map Sheet:TQ57SW
Parish:DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

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Pointed handaxe from Tower Road, Dartford in fresh condition. Found prior to 1968, Seen in Dartford Museum by Roe (1), and also described by Wymer (2). Then included in SRPP (3).


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 149 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wymer, JJ, 1968, Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley., p 331 (Monograph). SKE29697.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 3.19 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p 149.
<2>XYMonograph: Wymer, JJ. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley.. p 331. [Mapped feature: #84553 Find, ]
<3>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 3.19.