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

Sturry, Ashenden's Pits, West and East - quite numerous Palaeolithic handaxes, a Levallois core and a Levallois flake

Location

Grid reference TR 18 60 (point) Estimated from sources
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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document).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> Article in serial: Dewey H, Smith RA. 1925. Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent.. Kent. Archaeologia 74: 117-136.
  • <2> Article in serial: Brade-Birks, SG. 1929. A palaeolith from Sturry. Antiquaries Journal 9: 244-245.
  • <3> Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p177.
  • <4> 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> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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