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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 221
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Palaeolithic handaxe, Swanscombe

Summary

A Palaeolithic Acheulian handaxe was recovered from within a periglacial feature during an archaeological evaluation undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust at Thameside Community School, Swanscombe, in 1997. (location accurate to the nearest 5m based on available information)

Grid Reference:	TQ 6085 7394
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Full description

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A Palaeolithic Acheulian handaxe was recovered from within a periglacial feature during an archaeological evaluation undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust at Thameside Community School, Swanscombe, in 1997. (1)

Further Paleolithic discoveries have been made during sunsequen investigations at the site (2-5)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, Swanscombe Thameside Community School: Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE6584.

<2> Wenban-Smith F. F., 1997, Swanscombe Community School, Palaeolithic Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE12086.

<3> Wenban-Smith, F. F., 1997, Swanscombe Community School Palaeolithic Mitigating Fieldwork: Post-Excavation Assessment Report and Up-Dated Project Design (Unpublished document). SWX7124.

<4> Wenban-Smith, F. F., 2002, Swan Valley Community School, Swanscombe (Phase 1): Palaeolithic Archaeology, Final Report Version 2 (Unpublished document). SKE12231.

<5> Wenban-Smith, F.F. & Marshall, G., 2002, Swanscombe Surgery, Palaeolithic Archaeology: Assessment Report and Updated Project Design Version 2 (Unpublished document). SKE12232.

<6> Wenban-Smith, F.F., 2003, Swan Valley Community School, Swanscombe (Phase2): Palaeolithic Archaeology, Assessment Report and Updated Project Design (Unpublished document). SKE12233.

<7> Museum of London Archaeology Service, A Romano-British site at Swanscombe, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE30740.

<8> Wenban-Smith FF, Bridgland DR, 2001, Palaeolithic archaeology at the Swan Valley Community School, Swanscombe, Kent. (Article in serial). SKE32218.

<9> ArchaeoScape Consulting, 2000, Swanscombe Community School Phase 2: Field Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE16087.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>XY	Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. Swanscombe Thameside Community School: Archaeological Evaluation. [Mapped feature: #107690 findspot, ]
<2>	Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. 1997. Swanscombe Community School, Palaeolithic Archaeological Evaluation.
<3>	Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith, F. F.. 1997. Swanscombe Community School Palaeolithic Mitigating Fieldwork: Post-Excavation Assessment Report and Up-Dated Project Design.
<4>	Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith, F. F.. 2002. Swan Valley Community School, Swanscombe (Phase 1): Palaeolithic Archaeology, Final Report Version 2.
<5>	Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith, F.F. & Marshall, G.. 2002. Swanscombe Surgery, Palaeolithic Archaeology: Assessment Report and Updated Project Design Version 2.
<6>	Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith, F.F.. 2003. Swan Valley Community School, Swanscombe (Phase2): Palaeolithic Archaeology, Assessment Report and Updated Project Design.
<7>	Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. A Romano-British site at Swanscombe, Kent.
<8>	Article in serial: Wenban-Smith FF, Bridgland DR. 2001. Palaeolithic archaeology at the Swan Valley Community School, Swanscombe, Kent.. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 67: 219-259..
<9>	Unpublished document: ArchaeoScape Consulting. 2000. Swanscombe Community School Phase 2: Field Evaluation Report.