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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1212
Type of record:Pleistocene Environmental Findspot
Name:Reculver beach - 19th C find of fossil elephant tooth

Summary

Reculver beach - 19th C find of fossil elephant tooth


Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • MAMMAL REMAINS (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Full description

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Reculver beach - 19th C find of fossil elephant tooth, mentioned by Evans (1); present whereabouts unknown (possibly Ashmolean?), and uncertain whether mammoth or straight-tusked elephant


<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p617 (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. p617.