It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.
Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NW 20 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Findspot |
|---|
| Name: | Palaeolithic hand-axe |
|---|
Summary
Palaeolithic hand-axe found pre-1890 at Bishopstone, in Canterbury Museum
| Grid Reference: | TR 21 68 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TR26NW |
|---|
| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
|---|
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
If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.
On exhibition in the Royal Museum, Canterbury, Acc. No. RM199 is an Acheulian hand-axe, found at Bishopstone. It was donated in 1890 by the Rev. B. Wharton but no other details of the find are known (1). Additional references (2-5).
<1> Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury (OS Card Reference). SKE44499.
<2> F1 CFW 23.09.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42716.
<3> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 20 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5856.
<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 20 (Index). SWX11836.
<5> 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. 4, p 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23.09.63. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 20 - September, 1963. |
| <4>XY | Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 20. [Mapped feature: #50513 find, ] |
| <5> | 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. 4, p 152. |
