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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 455
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxe from Galley Hill tram tracks, Swanscombe

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe from Galley Hill tram tracks, Swanscombe, collected by H Stopes in late 19th C

Location approximate based on available information.


Grid Reference:TQ 60500 74880
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Full description

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Palaeolithic handaxe from Galley Hill tram tracks, Swanscombe, collected by H Stopes in late 19th C, and held in Stopes lithic collection at NMW Cardiff (1).

Location approximate based on available information.


<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, # 687 (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F..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. # 687.