TQ 57 SW 71 - Two Palaeolithic handaxes from gravel pit on Dartford Heath.

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Monument record TQ 57 SW 71 - Two Palaeolithic handaxes from gravel pit on Dartford Heath.

Two Palaeolithic handaxes from gravel pit on Dartford Heath. Found on separate occasions in 1879 and at least 8 years previously.

Grid reference	TQ 5140 7371 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet	TQ57SW
County	KENT
District	DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

<1> Spurrell FCJ,, 1880, On implements and chips from the floor of a Palaeolithic workshop. (Article in serial). SKE32205.

<2> Spurrell FCJ,, 1880, On the discovery of the place where Palaeolithic implements were made at Crayford. (Article in serial). SKE32229.

<3> Evans J, 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain. (Monograph). SKE32244.

<4> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p605-606, fig 456 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<5> PALAEOLITHIC HANDAXE FROM 100 FOOT LAYER AT DARTFORD HEATH (Photograph). SKE2529.

<1> SKE32205 Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ,. 1880. On implements and chips from the floor of a Palaeolithic workshop.. Archaeological Journal 37: 294-299.
<2> SKE32229 Article in serial: Spurrell FCJ,. 1880. On the discovery of the place where Palaeolithic implements were made at Crayford.. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 36: 544-548..
<3> SKE32244 Monograph: Evans J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain..
<4> SWX6573 Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p605-606, fig 456.
<5>XY SKE2529 Photograph: PALAEOLITHIC HANDAXE FROM 100 FOOT LAYER AT DARTFORD HEATH. OS59/F204/8. Black and White. Negative. [Mapped feature: #80704 find, ]

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