Findspot record TQ 46 SE 10 - Halstead, Currie Farm: surface find of two Palaeolithic handaxes

Summary

Findspot of two Lower Palaeolithic handaxes in Clay-with-flints geology. The object was found on the surface on the border of Currie Wood, near Currie Farm between Knockholt and Shoreham.

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Grid reference TQ 49165 60100 (point) estimated from sources
Map sheet TQ46SE
County KENT
Civil Parish SHOREHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p155 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> ASI 1897 605 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE37408.

<3> H A Eder "Curry Wood Farm" (small holding) (OS Card Reference). SKE43651.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 46 SE 10 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2699.

<5> F1 CFW 06-Apr-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42447.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK2.17 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<7> Prestwich J, , 1891, On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. , p129-130 (Article in serial). SKE55094.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p155.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: ASI 1897 605 (J Evans).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: H A Eder "Curry Wood Farm" (small holding).
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 46 SE 10 - April, 1964.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 06-Apr-64.
  • <6> Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK2.17.
  • <7> Article in serial: Prestwich J, . 1891. On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 47: 126-163. p129-130.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: The Southern rivers Palaeolithic Project (EKE20337)

Record last edited

Sep 15 2022 1:28PM