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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 38 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic implements from gravel pits, "back of Wincheap", Canterbury |
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Summary
Lower Palaeolithic handaxe and flake found at Wincheap in pits between the waterworks and the gasometer. Handaxes and flakes were also found at the Gasometer Pit, Gas Pit or Gasworks Pit in an area of Terrace 2 geology.
| Grid Reference: | TR 145 571 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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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)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic - 50000 BC to 15000 BC)
Full description
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At the back of Wincheap, Canterbury, Palaeolithic implements have been found in pits between the waterworks and the gasometer. (1)
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 620 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites (Monograph). SWX6570.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p. 620. |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. |
| <3> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. |
