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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 114 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic pointed handaxe findspot |
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Summary
Palaeolithic pointed handaxe findspot in Mill Pond, Dartford
| Grid Reference: | TQ 545 745 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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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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Palaeolithic pointed handaxe, from the mill pond, Dartford Mill (1), additional references (2, 3, 4).
Findspot by postmedieval wharf, no further remains visible during the 2005 coastal survey (5)
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<1> Wymer, JJ, 1968, Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley., p331 (Monograph). SKE29697.
<2> David Hicken Associates, 1995, Beam Engines Henwood Pumping Station, p149 (Unpublished document). SKE6570.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK 4.6 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], NWK 4.6 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Wymer, JJ. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley.. p331. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: David Hicken Associates. 1995. Beam Engines Henwood Pumping Station. p149. |
| <3> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK 4.6. |
| <4>XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. NWK 4.6. [Mapped feature: #84257 find, ] |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
