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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1209
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Hillborough Cliff, Palaeolithic handaxe found on beach to west of Bishopstone Gap

Summary

Hillborough Cliff, Palaeolithic handaxe found on beach to west of Bishopstone Gap


Grid Reference:TR 205 687
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

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Hillborough Cliff, Palaeolithic handaxe found on beach to west of Bishopstone Gap, 1.5 miles to west of Reculver (1)


<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p616 (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. p616.