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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 SW 32 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric flint implement found near Shoreham, in field to east of Pilots wood - possibly a Palaeolithic handaxe |
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Summary
A possible Paleolithic handaxe was found; one of many poorly-recorded worked flints that were discovered in the Darent valley resulting from work by Meates and Greenfield.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5113 6079 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56SW |
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| Parish: | SHOREHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 51136079] Paleolithic hand axe?, one of many 'worked' flints found in the Darent valley. Few of the implements have been preserved. Col Meates holds a few classifiable examples found by Greenfield and himself but no exact record to relate their provenance has been kept. No field action. (1)
<1> E Greenfield's Card Index in Darford Musd 'Darent Valley 942.23 General' (OS Card Reference). SKE41527.
<2> Col G Meates (Hon Corr) (OS Card Reference). SKE39080.
<3> F1 ASP 07-Oct-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41989.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 56 SW 32 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2989.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: E Greenfield's Card Index in Darford Musd 'Darent Valley 942.23 General'. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Col G Meates (Hon Corr). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 07-Oct-64. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 SW 32 - October, 1964. [Mapped feature: #55197 find, ] |
