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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 218 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | The Mounts, Swanscombe - 11 Palaeolithic handaxes and 2 flakes, surface finds in the late 19th Century |
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Summary
The Mounts, Swanscombe - 11 Palaeolithic handaxes and 2 flakes, surface finds in the late 19th Century
Location approximate based on available information.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5890 7345 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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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
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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11 handaxes and 2 pieces of debitage found by H Stopes in late 19th Century at "The Mounts", Swanscombe, now with the rest of his collection at NMW Cardiff, counted by F. Wenban-Smith. (1)
Location approximate based on available information.
<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, 5 (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F..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. 5. |
