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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 606 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe from near Wombwell Hall, Gravesend |
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Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe from near Wombwell Hall, Gravesend
| Grid Reference: | TQ 630 728 |
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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 125000 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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Pal handaxe from near Wombwell Hall, Gravesend, seen by Roe (1) in Natural History Museum, and then included in SRPP (2).
<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 154 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 5.16 (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 154. |
| <2> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 5.16. |
