TR 16 SE 245 - Homersham's West Pit, Sturry, new cutting - very numerous handaxes, three cores and numerous debitage, some possibly retouched into flake-tools

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Monument record TR 16 SE 245 - Homersham's West Pit, Sturry, new cutting - very numerous handaxes, three cores and numerous debitage, some possibly retouched into flake-tools

Summary

Homersham's West Pit, Sturry, new cutting - very numerous handaxes, three cores and numerous debitage, some possibly retouched into flake-tools

Location

Grid reference	TR 177 607 (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

More than 100 handaxes reported from site by Dewey & Smith (1), present throughout deposit sequence but most abundant in basal red gravel. More than 260 handaxes reported from site by Roe in various museum collections (2), mostly from British Museum and Canterbury Museum. Site included in Southern River's Project (3, 4), but incorrectly equated with Homersham's East Pit.

<1> Dewey H, Smith RA, 1925, Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent., p130-131 (Article in serial). SKE29699.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p178 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S4.31, p147 (Monograph). SWX6569.

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Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document).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

<1> SKE29699 Article in serial: Dewey H, Smith RA. 1925. Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent.. Kent. Archaeologia 74: 117-136. p130-131.
<2> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p178.
<3> SWX6569 Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S4.31, p147.
<4> SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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.