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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 NE 14 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Thames picks and flints flakes |
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Summary
Thames picks and flints flakes
| Grid Reference: | TR 166 685 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16NE |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- PICK (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
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On exhibition in Herne Bay Museum are flint implements from Cat Island (centred TR 16606850) a gravelly bank West of Herne Bay pier. (a) Part of the Armstrong Bowes Collection, they include seven Thames picks (two waterworn and doubtful) and some flint flakes. The date and circumstances of their findings are not recorded and no further information could be obtained (1). Additional references (2-4). For context with other Mesolithic& Neolithic finds see (5).
<1> Card with exhibits Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE38596.
<2> Inf Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE44347.
<3> F1 ASP 29.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42341.
<4> Field report for monument TR 16 NE 14 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5522.
<5> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Card with exhibits Herne Bay Mus. [Mapped feature: #44123 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Inf Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 29.11.63. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NE 14 - November, 1963. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. |
