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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1435
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Palaeolithic handaxes found in garden at Mansion House, Swanscombe

Summary

Multiple Palaeolithic handaxes found in gardens near Mansion House, Swanscombe. No further informaton is available about its precise location or circumstances of recoverey. (location accurate to the nearest 50m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6067 7402
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Palaeolithic handaxe found in garden at Mansion House, Swanscombe; held in Stopes' flint collection at NMW Cardiff, one of these is site no. 619 in his catalogue and six further are catalogue no. #3 (1). ). Site is described as "hop gardens at end and side of orchard next the Mansion House". Site listed in SRPP (2). The House and gardens have since been developed but its location is clearly visible on the southern side of Swanscombe Road on the historic OS maps of the area. (3-5)


<1> Wenban-Smith F. F., March 2004, The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report, # 619 (Unpublished document). SWX12877.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Wenban-Smith F. F.. March 2004. The Stopes Palaeolithic Project: Final Report. # 619.
<2>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text].
<3>XYMap: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. [Mapped feature: #84635 findspot, ]
<4>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<5>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.