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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1431
Type of record:Monument
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe and flakes from terrace gravels at Galley Hill Pit (N), aka "Higgins' Pit"

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe and flakes from terrace gravels at Galley Hill Pit (N), aka "Higgins' Pit"

Location approximate based on available information.

Grid Reference:TQ 6040 7492
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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Palaeolithic handaxe and flakes from terrace gravels at Galley Hill Pit (N), aka "Higgins' Pit". Newton (1) discusses the intrusive later Prehistoric skeleton found at the site [TQ 67 SW 41], but he also mentions at least 5 handaxes and one piece of debitage from the terrace gravels. This may be the same material as held in the Stopes collection at NMW Cardiff (2). site was assessed visited for the ME survey (3).

Location approximate based on available information.


<1> Newton ET, 1895, On a Human Skull and Limb Bones found in the Palaeolithic Terrace–gravel at Galley Hill, Kent. (Article in serial). SKE32249.

<2> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, #17 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.

<3> Essex County Council & Kent County Council, 2003, Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary, KT552 (Unpublished document). SKE12012.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Newton ET. 1895. On a Human Skull and Limb Bones found in the Palaeolithic Terrace–gravel at Galley Hill, Kent.. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51: 505-52..
<2>Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. March 2004. The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. #17.
<3>Unpublished document: Essex County Council & Kent County Council. 2003. Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary. KT552.

Related records

TQ 67 SW 433Part of: Site of Deposits with palaolithic potetial the Galley Hill Pit complex. (Monument)