TR 25 NW 491 - Littlebourne, Swanton Pit - several Palaeolithic handaxes (n=5) and two flakes

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Monument record TR 25 NW 491 - Littlebourne, Swanton Pit - several Palaeolithic handaxes (n=5) and two flakes

Summary

Littlebourne, Swanton Pit - several Palaeolithic handaxes (n=5) and two flakes

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Grid reference	TR 202 590 (point) Accurate in Source
Map sheet	TR25NW
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	LITTLEBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

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

Full Description

Five Palaeolithic handaxes and two flakes seen by Roe (1) in collections of British Museum and Cambridge Museum of Ethnography and Archaeology, then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3). Pit is near mapped outcrops of terrace gravel in the plateau between Great Stour and Little Stour.

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p139 (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-6.5, 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S6 (Unpublished document).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.

<4> Smith RA, 1918, Prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon remains discovered by Capt. L. Moysey at Howletts, near Bridge, Kent (Article in serial). SKE29762.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SWX6570 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p139.
<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-6.5, 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 SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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.
<4> SKE29762 Article in serial: Smith RA. 1918. Prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon remains discovered by Capt. L. Moysey at Howletts, near Bridge, Kent. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries 30: 102-113..