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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 NE 105 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Farningham Road (vicinity of): surface-finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Farningham Road (vicinity of): surface-finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 55730 69380 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56NE |
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| Parish: | SUTTON-AT-HONE AND HAWLEY, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)
Full description
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2 handaxes as per Francis Wenban Smith Assessment [1] Farningham Road (vicinity of): surface-finds of two Palaeolithic handaxes in late 19th century, in Stopes Collection at National Museum and Gallery of Wales, recorded by Francis Wenban-Smith as "crude pointed forms, with thick butts" (1).
<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., 2004 (March), The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, Site catalogue: #62 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. 2004 (March). The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. Site catalogue: #62. |
