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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 NE 219
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Horton Kirby, Speed Gate: surface finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes from general area

Summary

Horton Kirby, Speed Gate: surface finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes and other worked flints (including rough-outs and waste flakes) from general area


Grid Reference:TQ 57800 65800
Map Sheet:TQ56NE
Parish:FAWKHAM, 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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Horton Kirby, Speed Gate: surface finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes and other worked flints (including rough-outs and waste flakes) from general area, held in collections of various museums (British Museum, Dartford Museum and London Institute of Archaeology) recorded by Roe in the 1960s. (1)


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p157 (Monograph). SWX6570.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p157.