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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1434 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint artefacts from Galley Hill, Swanscombe |
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Summary
Palaeolithic flint artefacts including a handaxe, a core and 9 pieces of debitage were discovered from Galley Hill, Swanscombe. Precise location and circumstance of their discovery is not known. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 605 747 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Palaeolithic flint artefacts including a handaxe, a core and 9 pieces of debitage were discovered from Galley Hill, Swanscombe. Precise location and circumstance of their discovery is not known. They area held in Stopes' flint collection at NMW Cardiff, all found by other people and then given or sold to Stopes (1).
<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, p 60 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. March 2004. The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. p 60. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 433 | Part of: Site of Deposits with palaolithic potetial the Galley Hill Pit complex. (Monument) |
