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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 SW 247 |
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| Type of record: | Pleistocene Environmental Findspot |
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| Name: | PEFS - Shoreham, west side of valley near paper mill: mammoth tusk and molluscs from fluvial sand/gravel |
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Summary
PEFS - Shoreham, west side of valley near paper mill: mammoth tusk and molluscs from fluvial sand/gravel c. 1m below g-surface
| Grid Reference: | TQ 51900 62140 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56SW |
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| Parish: | SHOREHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 10001 BC)
Associated Finds
- MAMMAL REMAINS (Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic - 40001 BC to 10001 BC)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic - 40001 BC to 10001 BC)
Full description
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PEFS - Shoreham, west side of valley near paper mill: mammoth tusk and molluscs from fluvial sand/gravel c. 1m below g-surface, found while laying a drain from the main road down to the river in late 19th century (1, 2, 3)
<1> Prestwich J, , 1889, On the recent discovery of the remains of the mammoth in the valley of the Darent. (Article in serial). ske55093.
<2> 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. , p152 (Article in serial). ske55094.
<3> Dewey H, Bromehead CEN, Chatwin CP & Dines HG, 1924, The Geology of the Country around Dartford: Explanation of Sheet 271. (Monograph). SKE32243.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Prestwich J, . 1889. On the recent discovery of the remains of the mammoth in the valley of the Darent. . Geological Magazine 6(3): 113-114.. |
| <2> | 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. p152. |
| <3> | Monograph: Dewey H, Bromehead CEN, Chatwin CP & Dines HG. 1924. The Geology of the Country around Dartford: Explanation of Sheet 271. . |
