Findspot record TQ 66 NW 5 - Longfield, clay and gravel pits to west and southwest of Whitehill, palaeolithic handaxe, flakes and fossils
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5962 6920 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ56NE |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | LONGFIELD AND NEW BARN, DARTFORD, KENT |
District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
An unpatinated Levallois flake with facetted butt, a portion of a handaxe (see AO/59/81/3) and several patinated flakes were found by Burchell in 1930 at the southern end of the Longfield sandpit at TQ 62026782. They were discovered in brick-earth between two Coombe deposits (Lower Loam). The pit is now disused and is in process of being filled in. The implements are in the British Museum. (1) TQ 602686 Findspot of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe fragment and flakes in Valley deposits. (2)
<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.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <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.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: The Southern rivers Palaeolithic Project (EKE20337)
Record last edited
Sep 16 2022 2:14PM