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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NW 23 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic Thames pick |
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Summary
A Mesolithic Thames pick was found in 1952, by Mr J Yorke-Robinson, beside the second groyne on the beach to the east of Bishopstone Haven.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2077 6879 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NW |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Full description
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A Thames pick, five and a half inches long, was found on 5th March 1952, by Mr. J. Yorke-Robinson, owner of Cliff Pavilion Camp Site, Glenbervie Drive, Beltinge, Herne Bay, who retains it. It was discovered beside the second groyne on the beach to the east of Bishopstone Haven at TR 20776879 and had probably fallen from the cliff (1) . Additional references (2,3) and for context with other Mesolithic finds in the inter-todal zone, see (4).
<1> F1 ASP 11.10.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42042.
<2> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 23 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5859.
<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 23 (Index). SWX11836.
<4> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 11.10.63. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 23 - October, 1963. |
| <3>XY | Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 23. [Mapped feature: #50542 Find, ] |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. |
