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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 56 SW 243
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Lullingston Park, Parkgate: surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes

Summary

Lullingston Park, Parkgate: surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Grid Reference:	TQ 50400 64765
Map Sheet:	TQ56SW
Parish:	EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Lullingston Park, Parkgate: surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes in the late 19th century and early 20th century. site first reported by Prestwich (1) and Evans (2). Then numerous material (15 handaxes) recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3) in collections of Natural History Museum and Dartford Museum.

<1> Prestwich J, , 1892, On the primitive characters of the flint implements of the Chalk plateau of Kent, with reference to the question of their Glacial or Pre-Glacial age. (Article in serial). ske55095.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p608 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p165 (Monograph). SWX6570.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Article in serial: Prestwich J, . 1892. On the primitive characters of the flint implements of the Chalk plateau of Kent, with reference to the question of their Glacial or Pre-Glacial age. . Journal of the Anthropological Institute 21: 246-262.
<2>	Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p608.
<3>	Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p165.