TR 26 NW 1233 - Concentration of Palaeolithic handaxes on beach presumed to derive from Pleistocene deposits capping cliff

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Findspot record TR 26 NW 1233 - Concentration of Palaeolithic handaxes on beach presumed to derive from Pleistocene deposits capping cliff

Summary

Reculver, shore to west of fort, towards Bishopstone Gap, concentration of nine Palaeolithic handaxes on beach presumed to derive from Pleistocene pebbly clay deposits capping cliff

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Grid reference	TR 217 691 (point) Accurate in Source
Map sheet	TR26NW
Civil Parish	HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT
County	KENT

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

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<1> Prestwich, J., 1861, Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay, p364-365 (Article in serial). SWX6580.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p613-516 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7.3, p152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S7 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SWX6580 Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1861. Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay. p364-365.
<2> SWX6573 Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p613-516.
<3> 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-7.3, p152.
<4> SKE12023 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. S7.