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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 SE 11
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bower Lane, field to west of: surface-finds of at least three Palaeolithic handaxes, two of them "large ovoids"

Summary

Findspot of five Lower Palaeolithic handaxes and four flakes in Clay-with-flints geology.

Grid Reference:TQ 54900 63630
Map Sheet:TQ56SW
Parish:EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT
SHOREHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 55 62] An Acheulian-type implement, a well-finished ovate, was found by J. Prestwick. (1) Found in a field W of Bower Lane, near Shoreham. (2) It is in the Natural History Museum. (3) No further information. (4)

Southern rivers palaeolithic project (6) Most material from the site is in the British Museum, recorded by Roe in the 1960s (7).


<1> J. Geological Soc 47 1891 133-4 (J Prestwick) (OS Card Reference). SKE44825.

<2> Ant J 4 1924 148 (H Dewey) (OS Card Reference). SKE33175.

<3> PPSEA 2 1915-18 407 (R A Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE48623.

<4> F1 ASP 28-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42331.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 56 SE 11 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2953.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.

<7> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, pp 152, 174 (Monograph). SWX6570.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: J. Geological Soc 47 1891 133-4 (J Prestwick).
<2>OS Card Reference: Ant J 4 1924 148 (H Dewey).
<3>OS Card Reference: PPSEA 2 1915-18 407 (R A Smith).
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 28-AUG-64.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 SE 11 - August, 1964.
<6>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text].
<7>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. pp 152, 174.