TQ 66 NW 5 - Longfield, clay and gravel pits to west and southwest of Whitehill, palaeolithic handaxe, flakes and fossils

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Findspot record TQ 66 NW 5 - Longfield, clay and gravel pits to west and southwest of Whitehill, palaeolithic handaxe, flakes and fossils

Summary

Longfield, clay and gravel pits to west and southwest of Whitehill: broken Palaeolithic handaxe (possibly bout coupe) and flakes found in situ, and also mammalian fossils (horse and mammoth)

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Grid reference	TQ 5962 6920 (point)
Map sheet	TQ56NE
County	KENT
Civil Parish	LONGFIELD AND NEW BARN, DARTFORD, KENT
District	SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

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

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<1> Inf Major JPT Burchell Fawke Common Sevenoaks 6.10.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE44325.

<2> Ant J 16 1936 161 Illust (Burchell) (OS Card Reference). SKE33133.

<3> F1 ASP 16-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42141.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 66 NW 5 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3528.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK2.58 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<6> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p 164 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<7> Dewey H, Bromehead CEN, Chatwin CP & Dines HG, 1924, The Geology of the Country around Dartford: Explanation of Sheet 271. , p104 (Monograph). SKE32243.

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<1> SKE44325 OS Card Reference: Inf Major JPT Burchell Fawke Common Sevenoaks 6.10.64.
<2> SKE33133 OS Card Reference: Ant J 16 1936 161 Illust (Burchell).
<3> SKE42141 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16-OCT-64.
<4> SKE3528 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 66 NW 5 - October, 1964.
<5> SWX6569 Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. NWK2.58.
<6> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p 164.
<7> SKE32243 Monograph: Dewey H, Bromehead CEN, Chatwin CP & Dines HG. 1924. The Geology of the Country around Dartford: Explanation of Sheet 271. . p104.

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

Record last edited

Sep 16 2022 2:14PM