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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 444 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | 3 Palaeolithic handaxes and 9 pieces of debitage from Swanscombe Wood |
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Summary
3 handaxes and 9 pieces of debitage from Swanscombe Wood
Location approximate based on available information.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 602 729 |
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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
- 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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3 handaxes and 9 pieces of debitage from Swanscombe Wood, in H Stopes' flint collection held at NMW Cardiff (1). Swanscombe Wood was the high wooded land to the south of Swanscombe, also known as Swanscombe Park, later dug away as part of Eastern Quarry.
Location approximate based on available information.
<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, #29 (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F..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. #29. |
