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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1211
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Reculver/Bishopstone shore, Palaeolithic handaxe found on beach to east of Bishopstone Gap

Summary

Reculver/Bishopstone shore, Palaeolithic handaxe found on beach to east of Bishopstone Gap

Grid Reference:TR 218 691
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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Palaeolithic handaxe found in 1990 on beach to west of Reculver Fort, reported as found at "Bishopstone Glen" (1) [= Bishopstone Gap] but grid reference given of NGR 621800 169100 is 1km further to east, near location of numerous previous finds (2, 3, 4)


<1> Vale J, 1991, Notes from the Kent County Museum Service: Herne Bay (Article in serial). SKE29896.

<2> Prestwich, J., 1861, Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay, p364-365 (Article in serial). SWX6580.

<3> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p613 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7.3, p152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Vale J. 1991. Notes from the Kent County Museum Service: Herne Bay. Archaeologia Cantiana 108 (for 1990): 295..
<2>Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1861. Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay. p364-365.
<3>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p613.
<4>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-7.3, p152.