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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 16 NE 4
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Thames pick, near Hearne Bay pier

Summary

A Thames pick was found in the West Last Buoy area, 1.5 miles seawardsand NE of Herne Bay Pier.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

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A Thames pick was found in the West Last Buoy area, 1.5 miles seawardsand NE of Herne Bay Pier. (1) On exhibition in Herne Bay Museum are seven Thames picks dredged up between 1.25 and 3.5 miles off the coast at Herne Bay. They are from 5to 9 inches in length. Two are on loan from a C.W. Welby. There are also several flint flakes from the same area. The finds have been, made over a number of years and no further information is known about them (2). Additional references (3-5).

<1> PPSEA 5 1925-7 228 (F H Worsfold) (OS Card Reference). SKE48633.

<2> Information - Mr H E Gough Curator Herne Bay Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE44454.

<3> F1 ASP 29-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42349.

<4> Field report for monument TR 16 NE 4 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5513.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 4 (Index). SWX11836.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: PPSEA 5 1925-7 228 (F H Worsfold).
<2>	OS Card Reference: Information - Mr H E Gough Curator Herne Bay Museum.
<3>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 29-NOV-63.
<4>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NE 4 - November, 1963.
<5>	Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 4.