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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 NW 12
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Thames Pick

Summary

A Mesolithic flint pick found on the beach, close to the Priest and Sow Corner, Tankerton, prior to 1925.

Grid Reference:TR 1270 6726
Map Sheet:TR16NW
Parish:WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (found pre 1925, Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

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A Thames Pick was found on the beach close to the Priest and Sow corner. [TR 12706726] [Same as TR 16 NW 6?]. (1) The late F H Worsfold's collection came to Maidstone Museum, but this implement is not included (2). Additional bibliographies (3,4).


<1> PPSEA 5 1925-7 228 (FH Worsfold) (OS Card Reference). SKE48634.

<2> F1 ASP 11.10.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42042.

<3> Field report for monument TR 16 NW 12 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5539.

<4> Worsfold, F. H., 1925, Observations on the provenance of the Thames Valley Pick, Swalecliffe, Kent (Article in serial). SWX9369.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 12 (Index). SWX11836.

<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 12 (Index). SWX11836.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: PPSEA 5 1925-7 228 (FH Worsfold).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 11.10.63.
<3>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NW 12 - October, 1963. [Mapped feature: #44192 find, ]
<4>Article in serial: Worsfold, F. H.. 1925. Observations on the provenance of the Thames Valley Pick, Swalecliffe, Kent. V, p.224-230.
<5>Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 12.
<6>Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 12.