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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SW 116
Type of record:Findspot
Name:One Palaeolithic handaxe, from York Road, off East Hill, Dartford

Summary

One small, pointed handaxe Palaeolithic handaxe in sharp condition, from York Road, off East Hill, Dartford


Grid Reference:TQ 549 736
Map Sheet:TQ57SW
Parish:DARTFORD, 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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One small, pointed handaxe Palaeolithic handaxe in sharp condition, from York Road, off East Hill, Dartford (1). Additional references (2, 3), now in Dartford Museum.


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 150 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wymer, JJ, 1968, Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley., p 331 (Monograph). SKE29697.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 4.7 (Monograph). SWX6569.

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 150.
<2>XYMonograph: Wymer, JJ. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley.. p 331. [Mapped feature: #84355 Find, ]
<3>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 4.7.