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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NE 75 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Chart Farm, Broomsleigh: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Chart Farm, Broomsleigh: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century and early 20th century.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 57400 56950 |
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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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Lower Palaeolithic hand axe Provenance: Chart Farm, Seal Chart, Seal (TQ 576565) Kent County Museums Service Accession No.: K1850.43 (1) Palaeolithic finds from area first reported by Evans (1), then by Prestwich (2, 3); more than 20 Palaeolithic handaxes recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4).
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p 608 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<2> Ant J 14 1934 183-4 photo (HJE Peake) (OS Card Reference). SKE33130.
<3> Prestwich J, , 1891, On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. (Article in serial). ske55094.
<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, pp 159, 173 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p 608. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Ant J 14 1934 183-4 photo (HJE Peake). |
| <3> | Article in serial: Prestwich J, . 1891. On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 47: 126-163. |
| <4> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. pp 159, 173. |
