Monument record TR 16 SE 247 - Sturry, Ashenden's Pits, West and East - quite numerous Palaeolithic handaxes, a Levallois core and a Levallois flake
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 18 60 (point) Estimated from sources |
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Map sheet | TR16SE |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | STURRY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Numerous handaxes, a Levallois core and a Levallois flake reported by Dewey & Smith (1), as well as some further handaxes reported by Brade-Birks (2), and then material from site seen by Roe (3), and site then included in the Southern Rivers Project (4, 5). Uncertain where most of the finds came from stratigraphically, but clear from Dewey & Smith (1, p.132) that dense concentrations of minimally disturbed material present in places.
Francis Wenban-Smith noted in the Stour Basin Palaeolithic Project : "artefact counts based on Dewey & Smith's paper and Brade-Birks' find - none clearly identified in Roe's 1968 Gazetteer".
<1> Dewey H, Smith RA, 1925, Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent. (Article in serial). SKE29699.
<2> Brade-Birks, SG, 1929, A palaeolith from Sturry (Article in serial). SKE29853.
<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p177 (Monograph). SWX6570.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-4.34, p147 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<5> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document).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 (5)
- <1> SKE29699 Article in serial: Dewey H, Smith RA. 1925. Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent.. Kent. Archaeologia 74: 117-136.
- <2> SKE29853 Article in serial: Brade-Birks, SG. 1929. A palaeolith from Sturry. Antiquaries Journal 9: 244-245.
- <3> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p177.
- <4> 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-4.34, p147.
- <5> SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: The Southern rivers Palaeolithic Project (EKE20337)
Record last edited
Feb 3 2021 3:37PM