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HER Number: | TR 26 NW 20 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
Name: | Palaeolithic hand-axe |
Palaeolithic hand-axe found pre-1890 at Bishopstone, in Canterbury Museum
Grid Reference: | TR 21 68 |
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Map Sheet: | TR26NW |
Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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On exhibition in the Royal Museum, Canterbury, Acc. No. RM199 is an Acheulian hand-axe, found at Bishopstone. It was donated in 1890 by the Rev. B. Wharton but no other details of the find are known (1). Additional references (2-5).
<1> Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury (OS Card Reference). SKE44499.
<2> F1 CFW 23.09.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42716.
<3> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 20 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5856.
<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 20 (Index). SWX11836.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7, No. 4, p 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Cross-ref. | Source description |
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<1> | OS Card Reference: Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury. |
<2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23.09.63. |
<3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 20 - September, 1963. |
<4>XY | Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 20. [Mapped feature: #50513 find, ] |
<5> | 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, No. 4, p 152. |