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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 NE 224 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Fawkham, general area: numerous Palaeolithic handaxes, and various other flint artefacts |
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Summary
Fawkham, general area: numerous Palaeolithic handaxes and various other flint artefacts held in collections of several museums (British Museum, Maidstone Museum and Museum of London)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 59500 66950 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56NE |
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| Parish: | FAWKHAM, 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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Fawkham, general area: 13 Palaeolithic handaxes and various other flint artefacts recorded by Roe in the 1960s in collections of several museums (British Museum, Maidstone Museum and Museum of London) (1). A broken small-medium pointed handaxe was also recorded by Wenban-Smith in the Stopes Collection at National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff (2).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p153 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<2> Wenban-Smith F. F., 2004 (March), The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, Site Catalogue, #51 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p153. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. 2004 (March). The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. Site Catalogue, #51. |
