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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SW 17
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe found in front garden at 14 St. James Road, Dartford in 1962

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found in front garden at 14 St. James Road, Dartford in 1962

Grid Reference:TQ 5217 7415
Map Sheet:TQ57SW
Parish:DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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An Acheulian handaxe, presented to Dartford Museum by Master Stephen Rackstraw of 14, James Road, Dartford, was found at TQ 5217 7415, by his father in July 1962, whilst repairing a drain vent pipe in the front garden. (1)

Additional Information (2-3 & 5).

Mentioned on a form. See KT688. (4)


<1> Dartford Museum Donations File. (OS Card Reference). SKE39671.

<2> F1 ASP 18-SEP-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42171.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 17 - September, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3125.

<4> Essex County Council & Kent County Council, 2003, Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary, KT688 (Unpublished document). SKE12012.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 3.15(A) (Monograph). SWX6569.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], NWK 3.15(A) (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Dartford Museum Donations File..
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 18-SEP-64.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 17 - September, 1964.
<4>Unpublished document: Essex County Council & Kent County Council. 2003. Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary. KT688.
<5>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 3.15(A).
<6>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. NWK 3.15(A).