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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 57 SW 78
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Two Palaeolithic handaxes

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxes have been found at the foot of Church Hill, Wilmington.

Grid Reference:	TQ 541 728
Map Sheet:	TQ57SW
Parish:	WILMINGTON, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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Palaeolithic handaxes have been found at the foot of Church Hill, Wilmington. (1, 2) No further information. Listed in SRPP (3).

<1> Dewey H, Bromehead CEN, Chatwin CP & Dines HG, 1924, The Geology of the Country around Dartford: Explanation of Sheet 271., p96 (Monograph). SKE32243.

<2> F1 ASP 02-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41899.

<2> Priest S,, 1937, Regional survey section: Secretary's report. (Article in serial). SKE32232.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 78 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3185.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 4.2 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Monograph: Dewey H, Bromehead CEN, Chatwin CP & Dines HG. 1924. The Geology of the Country around Dartford: Explanation of Sheet 271.. p96.
<2>	Article in serial: Priest S,. 1937. Regional survey section: Secretary's report.. Transactions of the Dartford District Antiquarian Society 7: 14-17.
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02-OCT-64.
<3>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 78 - October, 1964.
<3>XY	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 4.2. [Mapped feature: #81475 Find, ]