TR 16 SE 250 - Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes and other artefacts recovered from area to west of Butts public house

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Monument record TR 16 SE 250 - Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes and other artefacts recovered from area to west of Butts public house

Summary

Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes and other artefacts recovered from area to west of Butts public house

Location

Grid reference	TR 191 613 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet	TR16SE
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	WESTBERE, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

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

Full Description

Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (n=28) and other artefacts (including eight retouched flake-tools and 23 pieces of debitage) recovered from area to west of Butts public house. Seen by Roe in British Museum collection (1), then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3). No more precise info on provenance of material or circumstances of discovery

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p186 (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-6.3, 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S6 (Unpublished document).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. p186.
<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-6.3, 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 SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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.