TR 16 SE 241 - Sturry, School Pit - abundant Palaeolithic finds including c. 200 handaxes, one Levallois core, numerous retouched flakes and debitage

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Monument record TR 16 SE 241 - Sturry, School Pit - abundant Palaeolithic finds including c. 200 handaxes, one Levallois core, numerous retouched flakes and debitage

Summary

Sturry, School Pit - abundant Palaeolithic finds including c. 200 handaxes, one Levallois core, numerous retouched flakes and debitage

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Grid reference	TR 175 606 (point) Accurate in Source
Map sheet	TR16SE
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	STURRY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

OCCUPATION SITE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full Description

Substantial collection held by British Museum and Canterbury Museum (1). School Pit is just to the west of Herne Bay Road. Pit was still open in 1992 and J Wymer found a flake in situ in gravel near the wooden lodge (2, 3). Abundance of material suggests site was a focus of activity, since unlikely that such a concentration formed by river movement.

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p178 (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], S-4.29, 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document).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. p178.
<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]. S-4.29, 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 SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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.