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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1214
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Chislet, two handaxe finds from general area

Summary

Chislet, two handaxe finds from general area, uncertain provenance

Grid Reference:TR 2 6
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:CHISLET, 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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Roe (1, p145) noted a handaxe from Chislet in the British Museum, and one from Highstead, in Chislet parish, in Herne Bay Museum (1, p156), but no further info on them or their provenance. Evans (2, p617) mentions several gravel pits in vicinity of Chislet where Palaeolithic finds might be expected, amongst which those at Wear Farm, NGR 622430 165040, where rich palaeo-environmental remains were found (2, p620-621) (3). Included within the Southern Rivers Project (4, 5)


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Bridgland, D.R., Keen, D.H., Schreve, D.C. & White, M.J., 1998, Quaternary drainage of the Kentish Stour (Article in monograph). SKE29855.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7.7, p152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S7 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355.
<2>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain.
<3>Article in monograph: Bridgland, D.R., Keen, D.H., Schreve, D.C. & White, M.J.. 1998. Quaternary drainage of the Kentish Stour.
<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-7.7, p152.
<5>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. S7.