Four Acheulian handaxes were found while digging footings for a new house just off Tile Kiln Lane, Bexley, behind Bexley Hospital. They were presented to Dartford museum by Mr. R. Wakeman, 70, Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, on 6.3.1962. (1) Mr. Wakeman could not be contacted. The implements were probably found within the new housing estate cnetred at TQ 51487207 (2)

Additional Reference [4]

The handaxes were recorded by Roe in the 1960s (5), and then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (6).

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

<1> Dartford Museum Donations File (OS Card Reference). SKE39669.

<2> F1 ASP 02-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41899.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 86 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3191.

<5> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p139 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], NWK3.23 (Monograph). SWX6569.