Findspot record TQ 45 SE 2 - Westerham, in vicinity of: recovery of Palaeolithic flint artefacts from a sand/gravel pit near Brasted

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Westerham, in vicinity of: recovery of Palaeolithic flint artefacts including twisted ovate handaxe from a sand/gravel pit [cf handaxe in British Museum, from gravel pit near Brasted]

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Grid reference TQ 4647 5475 (point)
Map sheet TQ45SE
County KENT
Civil Parish BRASTED, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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[TQ 46485475] Palaeolithic Implements found A.D. 1930. (1) Palaeoliths from gravel (2) The published siting falls within sand and gravel pits, parts of which are occasionally worked by a London firm. No one could be contacted at the pits at time of visit. (3-6)

Site recorded by Roe in the 1960s (7) based on published report (6), and is also marked in 1938 OS mapping. The Palaeolithic handaxe recorded by Roe in the 1960s held in British Museum (8) from "Heverswood (Brasted)" probably comes from this Westerham pit.


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Dr Gordon Ward (OS Card Reference). SKE41505.

<3> Maidstone Mus 6" (LRA Grove, Curator, 25.5.1950). (OS Card Reference). SKE46283.

<4> F1 ASP 14-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42097.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 45 SE 2 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2679.

<6> Godwin F, in Druce, , 1933, Report for the year ending 31st December 1932. (Article in serial). SKE55079.

<7> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p187 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<8> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p140 (Monograph). SWX6570.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Dr Gordon Ward.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus 6" (LRA Grove, Curator, 25.5.1950)..
  • <4> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-AUG-64.
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 45 SE 2 - August, 1964.
  • <6> Article in serial: Godwin F, in Druce, . 1933. Report for the year ending 31st December 1932. . Archaeologia Cantiana 45: xlii..
  • <7> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p187.
  • <8> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p140.

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Sep 14 2022 1:28PM