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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 76 NE 403
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Lower / middle palaeolithic finds from Darland, Gillingham

Summary

Several Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flints were found in the Darland area of Gillingham in the early 20th C. These include handaxes, flake tools and debitage. They form part of the Burchell Collection and are held at the British Museum.

Grid Reference:	TQ 785 655
Map Sheet:	TQ76NE
Parish:	GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

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)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
HANDAXE (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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Material from Darland (including 3 handaxes) seen by Roe in Dartford Museum (1), and included in the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project (2, 3). Further material held by British Museum (part of the Burchell collection, including 7 handaxes and a Levallois flake), probably found in c. the 1930s, and including 3 pieces marked "Darland, clay-with-flints".

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p154 (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], M 4.28 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M 4.28 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

<4> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p154.
<2>	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M 4.28.
<3>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. M 4.28.
<4>	Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G.. 2007. Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent).