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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 270 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Seal Chart Common: several Palaeolithic handaxes found |
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Summary
Seal Chart Common: several Palaeolithic handaxes found in late 19th century, probably surface-finds although circumstances of recovery unknown
| Grid Reference: | TQ 55990 56135 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NE |
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| Parish: | SEAL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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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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Seal Chart Common: several Palaeolithic handaxes found in late 19th century (1, 2), probably surface-finds although circumstances of recovery unknown; 5 handaxes recorded by Roe in the 1960s in museum collections (British Museum, Maidstone Museum and Dartford Museum). (3)
<1> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, p285 (Article in serial). SKE31330.
<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, p173 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1889. On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age. Vol 45, 270 - 297. p285. |
| <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. p173. |
