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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 118 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Pointed Palaeolithic handaxe from Tower Road, Dartford |
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Summary
Pointed Palaeolithic handaxe from Tower Road, Dartford in fresh condition
| Grid Reference: | TQ 535 742 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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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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Pointed handaxe from Tower Road, Dartford in fresh condition. Found prior to 1968, Seen in Dartford Museum by Roe (1), and also described by Wymer (2). Then included in SRPP (3).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 149 (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 3.19 (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 149. |
| <2>XY | Monograph: Wymer, JJ. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley.. p 331. [Mapped feature: #84553 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 3.19. |
