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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 71 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Two Palaeolithic handaxes from gravel pit on Dartford Heath. |
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Summary
Two Palaeolithic handaxes from gravel pit on Dartford Heath. Found on separate occasions in 1879 and at least 8 years previously.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 514 737 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, 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 40001 BC)
Full description
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Two Palaeolithic handaxes from gravel pit on Dartford Heath. Found on separate occasions in 1879 and at least 8 years previously. An ovate handaxe was found by Spurrell half a mile south of Crayford station and near Dartford Heath (1,2,3). The implement was 'in situ' eight feet below ground in Thames gravel. Now in the British Museum. [See AO/59/204/8 (5)] . A second handaxe was found in 1879 (1, 2, 4).
<1> Spurrell FCJ,, 1880, On implements and chips from the floor of a Palaeolithic workshop. (Article in serial). SKE32205.
<2> Spurrell FCJ,, 1880, On the discovery of the place where Palaeolithic implements were made at Crayford. (Article in serial). SKE32229.
<3> Evans J, 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain. (Monograph). SKE32244.
<4> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p605-606, fig 456 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<5> PALAEOLITHIC HANDAXE FROM 100 FOOT LAYER AT DARTFORD HEATH (Photograph). SKE2529.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ,. 1880. On implements and chips from the floor of a Palaeolithic workshop.. Archaeological Journal 37: 294-299. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ,. 1880. On the discovery of the place where Palaeolithic implements were made at Crayford.. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 36: 544-548.. |
| <3> | Monograph: Evans J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain.. |
| <4> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p605-606, fig 456. |
| <5>XY | Photograph: PALAEOLITHIC HANDAXE FROM 100 FOOT LAYER AT DARTFORD HEATH. OS59/F204/8. Black and White. Negative. [Mapped feature: #80704 find, ] |
