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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 NE 5
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Two handaxes found near Studd Hill

Summary

Two handaxes found on beach slightly to west of high point of Studd Hill The handaxe was found on Head Brickearth geology.

Grid Reference:TR 145 679
Map Sheet:TR16NW
Parish:WHITSTABLE, 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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A palaeolithic implement from Studhill is noted. (1) Two Lower Palaeolithic handaxes and a Palaeolithic implement were found at Studd Hill. The handaxe was found on Head Brickearth geology. (2-5)


<1> Clinch, G., 1908, Early Man (Article in monograph). SKE29686.

<2> Kennard, A. S., 1916, The Pleistocene Succession in England, p.258 (Article in serial). SWX6579.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7, No.1, p. 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p.617 and figure 462 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<5> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p.156 (Monograph). SWX6570.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in monograph: Clinch, G.. 1908. Early Man.
<2>Article in serial: Kennard, A. S.. 1916. The Pleistocene Succession in England. p.258.
<3>XYMonograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-7, No.1, p. 152. [Mapped feature: #44113 find, ]
<4>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p.617 and figure 462.
<5>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p.156.