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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 92
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Palaeolithic Handaxes from Bevan's Wash-pit, opposite New Barn Farmhouse

Summary

20 Palaeolithic handaxes from Bevan's Wash-pit, opposite New Barn Farmhouse, collected by H Stopes in late 19th C. Location approximate to 100m based on available information

Grid Reference:	TQ 6102 7352
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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20 handaxes from Bevan's Wash-pit, opposite New Barn Farmhouse, collected by H Stopes in late 19th C. Some of the material was seen by Roe in the Stopes flint collection held at NMW Cardiff (1). The site's location was later identified by Wenban-Smith, together with other material from the same site in Stopes' collection (2). Spurrell describes a late 19th C visit to the site, although he doesn't mention it by name (3).

Location approximate to 100m based on available information

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 183, 185 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, #14 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.

<3> Spurrell FCJ,, 1890, Excursion to Swanscombe. (Article in serial). SKE32259.

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 183, 185.
<2>XY	Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. March 2004. The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. #14. [Mapped feature: #17643 Find, ]
<3>	Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ,. 1890. Excursion to Swanscombe.. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 11: cxlv-cxlvi..