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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 SW 37
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Flint implement/UP

Summary

Flint implement/UP


Grid Reference:TQ 5220 6193
Map Sheet:TQ56SW
Parish:SHOREHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric or Roman - 500000 BC? to 409 AD?)

Full description

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(TQ 52206193) Flint axe and flake, some of the many 'worked' flints found in the Darent valley. Few of the implements have been preserved. Col. Meates holds a few classifiable examples found by Greenfield and himself, but no exact record to relate their provenance has been kept. No field action. (1) TQ 520610 (sited to place name only). One mesolithic blade or flake from the Shoreham area is in Dartford Museum. Information from J.J. Wymer. (2)


<1> E Greenfield's Card Index Dartford Mus 'Darent Valley 942.23, General' (OS Card Reference). SKE41524.

<2> Col G Meates (Hon Corr) (OS Card Reference). SKE39080.

<3> F1 ASP 07-Oct-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41989.

<4> CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz Me & Upper Pa sites in Eng & W 157 (J J Wymer) (OS Card Reference). SKE38817.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 56 SW 37 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2994.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: E Greenfield's Card Index Dartford Mus 'Darent Valley 942.23, General'.
<2>OS Card Reference: Col G Meates (Hon Corr).
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 07-Oct-64.
<4>OS Card Reference: CBA Res Rep 20 1977 Gaz Me & Upper Pa sites in Eng & W 157 (J J Wymer).
<5>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 SW 37 - October, 1964. [Mapped feature: #55407 find, ]