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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SW 117
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Ovate Palaeolithic handaxe from King Edward Avenue, Dartford

Summary

Ovate Palaeolithic handaxe from King Edward Avenue, Dartford found prior to 1968 and held at Dartford Museum.

Grid Reference:TQ 536 743
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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Ovate handaxe from King Edward Avenue, Dartford found prior to 1968 and held at Dartford Museum. Seen by Roe in his 1968 review (1), and described by Wymer (2). Included in SRPP (3,4).


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, P 148 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wymer, JJ, 1968, Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley., p 331 (Monograph). SKE29697.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 3.18 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> 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Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], NWK 3.18 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. P 148.
<2>Monograph: Wymer, JJ. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley.. p 331.
<3>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 3.18.
<4>XYUnpublished 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 3.18. [Mapped feature: #84453 Find, ]