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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 21
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Two Thames picks

Summary

Two Thames picks fd pre 1897, found at Bishopstone


Grid Reference:TR 20 68
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

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On exhibition in the Royal Museum, Canterbury, Acc. Nos. RM190 and 194, are two Thames picks found at Bishopstone. They were acquired in 1897 but no details of the find are known (1). Additional references (2-4).


<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 21 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5857.

<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 21 (Index). SWX11836.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23.09.63. [Mapped feature: #50522 find, ]
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 21 - September, 1963.
<4>Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 21.