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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NW 1217 |
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| Type of record: | Pleistocene Environmental Findspot |
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| Name: | Reported 19th C recovery of elephant remains from old Wear Farm Pit, Chislet, to west of Church Lane |
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Summary
Reported 19th C recovery of elephant remains from old Wear Farm Pit, Chislet, to west of Church Lane
| Grid Reference: | TR 222 651 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NW |
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| Parish: | CHISLET, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Associated Finds
- MAMMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Full description
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Pit first described by Prestwich (1) as containing fossiliferous deposits, then a later report by Evans (2) mentions elephant remains from this pit in possession of Mr Slater, of Grays, near Chislet.
<1> Prestwich, J., 1855, On a fossiliferous bed of the drift period near the Reculvers (Article in serial). SKE29885.
<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p621 (Monograph). SWX6573.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1855. On a fossiliferous bed of the drift period near the Reculvers. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 11: 110-112.. |
| <2> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p621. |
