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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 441
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaolithic handaxes and debitage from "Treadwell's Hop Ground", Swanscombe

Summary

2 Palaolithic handaxes and 9 pieces of debitage from "Treadwell's Hop Ground", Swanscombe

Location approximate based on available information.


Grid Reference:TQ 6118 7316
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, 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)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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2 Palaolithic handaxes and 9 pieces of debitage from "Treadwell's Hop Ground", Swanscombe, in H Stopes' flint collection held at NMW Cardiff (1). Treadwell was the farmer at New Barn Farmhouse (TQ 61230 73450) and the finds were listed as from "Treadwell's hop ground near road to Southfleet", Stopes' Catalogue # 19. (1)

Location approximate based on available information.


<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, 19 (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F..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. 19.