TR 16 SE 252 - Westbere, Sturry, Staines Hill Pit - several Palaeolithic handaxes, one retouched flake and several debitage

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Monument record TR 16 SE 252 - Westbere, Sturry, Staines Hill Pit - several Palaeolithic handaxes, one retouched flake and several debitage

Summary

Westbere, Sturry, Staines Hill Pit - several Palaeolithic handaxes, one retouched flake and several debitage, presumed from terrace gravels

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Grid reference	TR 184 610 (point) Estimated from sources
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

Reasonably large collection of Palaeolithic finds - four handaxes, one retouched flake and ten flakes - from Staines Hill, Westbere seen by Roe (1) in collections of British Museum and Plymouth Museum, but no info on provenance and circumstances of recovery. Included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3) as part of general Westbere material, although pit at Staines Hill at NGR 618470 161030 shown on OS mapping of 1896 and 1907

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p187 (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-6.1, p150 (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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S6 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p187.
<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-6.1, p150.
<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 SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. S6.