Source/Archive record (Monograph) SWX6573 - The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain

Title The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1897

Abstract/Summary

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Description

Longmans, 2nd edition, London

Location

Referenced Monuments (71)

  • Abundant Palaeolithic finds, originating from terrace deposits at Twydall Chalk Pit, Gillingham (Findspot)
  • Ash, New Ash Green: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Beach to west of Bishopstone [= Oldhaven] Gap, Palaeolithic surface finds (mostly handaxes) (Findspot)
  • Canterbury - two Palaeolithic handaxes from "new cemetery" (in 1897) (Findspot)
  • Canterbury, Gasometer Pit - numerous Palaeolithic finds, including handaxes, Levallois flakes and general waste debitage (Findspot)
  • Chart Farm, Broomsleigh: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Chislet, two handaxe finds from general area (Findspot)
  • Cockerhust Farm (Great Cockerhurst), east of Well Hill: surface-finds of at least two Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Concentration of Palaeolithic handaxes on beach presumed to derive from Pleistocene deposits capping cliff (Findspot)
  • Faversham - two imprecisely provenanced handaxe surface finds (Findspot)
  • Folkestone, 3 miles north of (near Densole-Hawkinge?): findspot of one Palaeolithic handaxe (Findspot)
  • Handaxe surface find from beach to east of Bishopstone Gap (Findspot)
  • Handaxe surface find, south of Selling church (Findspot)
  • Hartlip, handaxe from gravel pit near railway cutting (Monument)
  • Herne Bay, Hampton, clayey fluvial deposits with mollusc remains (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot)
  • Herne Bay, numerous Palaeolithic finds from general area, lacking more precise provenance (Findspot)
  • Hillborough Cliff, Palaeolithic handaxe found on beach to west of Bishopstone Gap (Findspot)
  • Horton Kirby: Palaeolithic handaxe found on hill-top one mile to ESE (Findspot)
  • Ightham, Fane Hill (sometimes known as "Uffon Hill", including field "Twelve acres"): numerous surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Ightham, field to east of Bewley Farm: surface finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Ightham, field to west of Bewley Farm: surface finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Ightham, general area of Bewley (or "Buley"), including Bewley Farm and Bewley Turnpike/Bar: surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Ightham, Oldbury Hill, "Kilnfield" (locality aka "Bearfield"): surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Ightham, Oldbury Hill, Patchgrove Wood and "Patchgrove": surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Ightham, side of Oldbury Hill, Styant's Bottom: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint artefact finds from Canterbury, but not more-specifically provenanced (Findspot)
  • Lullingston Park, Parkgate: surface-finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Mammoth and mollusc remains from cliff-top at Studd Hill, Herne Bay (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot)
  • Mammoth remains from cliff falls, Studd Hill, Herne Bay (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot)
  • Mammoth tooth from gravel pits, "back of Wincheap", Canterbury (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot)
  • Meopham: surface-finds of several Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Neolithic celt, Priory Hill Dover. (Findspot)
  • Numerous Palaeolithic finds (mostly handaxes) and Pleistocene mammal bones from Aylesford Sand Quarry (formerly Silas Wagon's Pit) (Monument)
  • Oldbury, general area (including Oldbury Hill): surface-finds of numerous handaxes and other Palaeolithic material (6 flakes, 4 possible flake-tools, (Findspot)
  • Oldhaven/Bishopstone Gap and Hillborough Cliff - three Palaeolithic handaxes and a flake from cliff-top gravel deposits and inland from cliff edge (Findspot)
  • On railway, west of Newington station: handaxe surface find (Findspot)
  • Ospringe, surface find of ovate handaxe (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic flake from Pleistocene deposits rich in old Wear Farm Pit, Chislet, in field "Ware/Bells" to east of Church Lane (Monument)
  • Palaeolithic hand axe, Reculver (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe finds (including one bout coupe) from general Wincheap area, Canterbury (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe found at Chatham Engineering School, Gillingham (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe from Sandling, Boxley (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe, from gravel pit to SW of Allhallows Church, Hoo (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe, St. Mary Hoo, field by "Hoppers" (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe, Stoke (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe, surface find at Chilham (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxe, surface find from Thanington, Canterbury (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic handaxes and other finds from general Chatham area (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic implement from Otterham Quay, Chatham (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic implement, Molash (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic implements from gravel pits, "back of Wincheap", Canterbury (Findspot)
  • Palaeolithic implements, Otterham Quay, Upchurch (Findspot)
  • Pleistocene deposits rich in diverse palaeo-environmental remains in old Wear Farm Pit, Chislet, in field "Ware/Bells" to east of Church Lane (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot)
  • Reculver beach - 19th C find of fossil elephant tooth (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot)
  • Reculver cliff-top - handaxe found in situ in cliff-top deposits above Prestwich/Evans beach findspot (Monument)
  • Reculver shore, numerous Palaeolithic handaxe finds without precise location details (Findspot)
  • Reculver/Bishopstone shore, Palaeolithic handaxe found on beach to east of Bishopstone Gap (Findspot)
  • Reported 19th C recovery of elephant remains from old Wear Farm Pit, Chislet, to west of Church Lane (Pleistocene Environmental Findspot)
  • Seal Chart Common: several Palaeolithic handaxes found (Findspot)
  • Seal, field to the east of Lower Bitchet [west of Stone Street]: surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Seal/Ightham, Stonepit/Stonepits: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Seal/Ightham, Stonepits Farm: surface finds of numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • St John's [Church] Road, Radnor Park end: Palaeolithic handaxe found with woolly rhinoceros tooth (Monument)
  • surface-finds of at least two Palaeolithic handaxes from Ightham, east side of Oldbury Hill, "The Knoll" or "Ightham Knoll" (Findspot)
  • Swalecliffe foreshore, Late Prehistoric and ambiguous Prehistoric lithic finds (Findspot)
  • Swalecliffe/Tankerton foreshore, presumed Lower/Middle Palaeolithic artefacts (handaxes, debitage) (Findspot)
  • Teynham, Palaeolithic handaxe from gravel pit east of station and north of railway (Monument)
  • Thanington, Canterbury, south side of Stour valley - various surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes (Findspot)
  • Three handaxes in Maidstone Museum, found on shore at Reculver (Findspot)
  • Two handaxes found near Studd Hill (Findspot)
  • Two Palaeolithic handaxes from gravel pit on Dartford Heath. (Monument)

Referenced Events (3)

  • EKE13480 Geophysical survey in field around old Wear Farm Pit and further section-cleaning/sampling in pit, in March 2014 for Stour Palaeolithic Project
  • EKE13477 Section-cleaning and environmental sampling for 1998 QRA visit
  • EKE13479 Test pits in fields around old Wear Farm Pit and section-cleaning/sampling in pit, in September 2013 for Stour Palaeolithic Project

Record last edited

Jan 16 2023 1:45PM