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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 220 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Bartholomew's Hill, Swanscombe, surface finds of 12 Palaeolithic handaxes and 3 debitage, found in late 19th Century |
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Summary
Bartholomew's Hill, Swanscombe, surface finds of 12 handaxes and 3 debitage, found in late 19th Century
Location approximate based on available information.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5950 7350 |
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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 125000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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Bartholomew's Hill, Swanscombe, surface finds of 12 handaxes and 3 debitage found in late 19th Century. Handaxes are of various types and in abraded condition, found by H Stopes and his daughter Winnie, and now part of the Stopes Collection in NMW Cardiff (1). Site now quarried away and was assessed/ visited as part of the KTG ME site survey (2).
Location approximate based on available information.
<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, #31 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.
<2> Essex County Council & Kent County Council, 2003, Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary, #916 (Unpublished document). SKE12012.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. March 2004. The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. #31. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Essex County Council & Kent County Council. 2003. Archaeological Survey of Mineral Extraction Sites around the Thames Estuary. #916. |
