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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 16 NE 5 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Two handaxes found near Studd Hill |
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Summary
Two handaxes found on beach slightly to west of high point of Studd Hill The handaxe was found on Head Brickearth geology.
Grid Reference: | TR 145 679 |
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Map Sheet: | TR16NW |
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Parish: | WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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A palaeolithic implement from Studhill is noted. (1) Two Lower Palaeolithic handaxes and a Palaeolithic implement were found at Studd Hill. The handaxe was found on Head Brickearth geology. (2-5)
<1> Clinch, G., 1908, Early Man (Article in monograph). SKE29686.
<2> Kennard, A. S., 1916, The Pleistocene Succession in England, p.258 (Article in serial). SWX6579.
<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, No.1, p. 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.
<4> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p.617 and figure 462 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<5> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p.156 (Monograph). SWX6570.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Article in monograph: Clinch, G.. 1908. Early Man. |
<2> | Article in serial: Kennard, A. S.. 1916. The Pleistocene Succession in England. p.258. |
<3>XY | 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.1, p. 152. [Mapped feature: #44113 find, ] |
<4> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p.617 and figure 462. |
<5> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p.156. |