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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 NW 10 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric implements found c.1930 |
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Summary
Mesolithic flint picks and a Palaeolithic handaxe found near Long Rock, Swalecliffe in c.1930.
| Grid Reference: | TR 136 680 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16NW |
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| Parish: | WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
- PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Full description
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Six Thames picks and one hand axe were picked up about 1930 off the end of Long Rock. The area in which they were found, centred at TR 13606800, was indicated by the finder, Mr. Wallace C Harvey (local historian) of 53 Oxford Street, Whitstable. The flints, iron staired and water-worn, are still in Mr. Harvey's possession (1). Additional references (2,3) and for site in context with others with Mesolithic finds and inter-tidal zone, see (4). Site photographs (5,6).
<1> F1 ASP 29.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42341.
<2> Field report for monument TR 16 NW 10 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5537.
<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 10 (Index). SWX11836.
<4> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
<5> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11613.
<6> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11612.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 29.11.63. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NW 10 - November, 1963. |
| <3>XY | Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 10. [Mapped feature: #44190 Find, ] |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR1368/2. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR1368/1. print. |
