TR 15 NW 1625 - Canterbury - five Palaeolithic handaxes and debitage from "cemetery"

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Findspot record TR 15 NW 1625 - Canterbury - five Palaeolithic handaxes and debitage from "cemetery"

Summary

Canterbury - five Palaeolithic handaxes and debitage from "cemetery", no info on when/how recovered, or on which cemetery of the several in/around Canterbury

Location

Grid reference	TR 1360 5840 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet	TR15NW
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full Description

A collection of five handaxes and four debitage seen by Roe in Plymouth museum (1), then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3). No info on which cemetery (or cemeteries) these came from, although SRPP suggests one at TR 136584

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p141 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S4.24, p146 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p141.
<2> SWX6569 Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S4.24, p146.
<3> SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. S4.