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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 278 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxes and debitage from the general Wilmington area, Dartford |
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Summary
At least 40 handaxes, a few pieces of debitage and one possible Levallois flake are known from unspecific locations in the general Wilmington area, Dartford
| Grid Reference: | TQ 540 725 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | WILMINGTON, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
- LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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At least 40 handaxes, a few pieces of debitage, and one possible Levallois flake are known from unspecific locations in the general Wilmington area, Dartford. The material was recorded by Roe (1), and then included in the SRPP (2). The main collections are held inthe Museum of London and at Maidstone Museum (1).
Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 3.21 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 188 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 3.21. |
| <1> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p 188. |
