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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1623 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Thanington, Canterbury, south side of Stour valley - various surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes |
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Summary
Thanington, Canterbury, south side of Stour valley - various surface finds of Palaeolithic handaxes
| Grid Reference: | TR 14 57 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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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
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Evans (1) reports "Several specimens" on the surface of the sloped of the southern side of the Stour valley, between Thanington and Canterbury, 80-100 ft above river
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 619 (Monograph). SWX6573.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 619. |
