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)

Location

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)

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> OS Card Reference: Inf Major JPT Burchell Fawke Common Sevenoaks 6.10.64.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Ant J 16 1936 161 Illust (Burchell).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16-OCT-64.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 66 NW 5 - October, 1964.
  • <5> 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> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p 164.
  • <7> 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