Link to printer-friendly page

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 438
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Southfleet, general area: several Palaeolithic surface-finds in the late 19th C, including two handaxes, one core, two flakes and a Levallois flake

Summary

Southfleet, general area: several Palaeolithic surface-finds in the late 19th C, including two handaxes, one core, two flakes and a Levallois flake


Grid Reference:TQ 61500 71000
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Associated Finds

  • CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
  • DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

Levallois core and flake [1] Southfleet, general area: several Palaeolithic surface-finds in the late 19th C, including two handaxes, one core, two flakes and a Levallois flake; held in collections of British Museum, Maidstone Museum, and in Stopes collection in Nat. Mus. of Wales in Cardiff (1, 2, 3).


<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 5.14 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p175 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<3> Wenban-Smith F. F., 2004 (March), The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, Site Catalogue, #150 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 5.14.
<2>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p175.
<3>Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. 2004 (March). The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. Site Catalogue, #150.