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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 NE 1346 |
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| Type of record: | Pleistocene Environmental Findspot |
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| Name: | Mammoth and mollusc remains from cliff-top at Studd Hill, Herne Bay |
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Summary
Mammoth and mollusc remains from cliff-top at Studd Hill, Herne Bay
| Grid Reference: | TR 150 678 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16NE |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- MAMMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Reported by Evans in 1897 (1) of mammoth molar found in situ in gravel capping Studd Hill at 50 ft OD. Report by Holmes (2) of Pleistocene shells in cliff-top deposits.
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 617 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<2> Holmes SCA, 1981, Geology of the Country around Faversham: Memoir for 1:50,000 Geological Sheet 273., p. 69 (Monograph). SKE29710.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p. 617. |
| <2> | Monograph: Holmes SCA. 1981. Geology of the Country around Faversham: Memoir for 1:50,000 Geological Sheet 273.. p. 69. |
