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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SE 221
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe surface finds from vicinity of Alkerden Manor Farm, Swanscombe

Summary

5 Palaeolithic handaxes, surface finds from vicinity of Alkerden Manor Farm

Location approximate based on available information.


Grid Reference:TQ 59660 74010
Map Sheet:TQ57SE
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 125000 BC)

Full description

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5 Palaeolithic handaxes, surface finds from "Chamber's Farm, Alkerden" in Stopes Collection in NMW Cardiff (1), taken as Alkerden Manor Farm on the western outskirts of Swanscombe, rather than the nearby Manor House Farm in central Swanscombe.

Location approximate based on available information.


<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, #588 (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F..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. #588.