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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 NW 7
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Swalecliffe/Tankerton foreshore, presumed Lower/Middle Palaeolithic artefacts (handaxes, debitage)

Summary

Swalecliffe/Tankerton foreshore, presumed Lower/Middle Palaeolithic artefacts (handaxes, debitage)

Grid Reference:TR 13 67
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)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Swalecliffe/Tankerton foreshore, presumed Lower/Middle Palaeolithic artefacts (handaxes, debitage). None found in context; found together with much more numerous Later Prehistoric material (lithic artefacts, pottery), but distinguished from them by typology and condition (1-6). One handaxe reported by Prestwich (1) as found by J Evans. Two handaxes reported by Worsfold (3) and illustrated by him (4 - p. 225). At least two bout coupe handaxes are reported (6) as found in late 1990s by Oyster Coast Fossil Club, but these haven't been verified by any lithics specialist, and their whereabouts are unknown. (1)


<1> Prestwich, J., 1861, Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay (Article in serial). SWX6580.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 617 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Worsfold, F.H., 1926a, An examination of the contents of the brickearths and gravels of Tankerton Bay, Swalecliffe, Kent (Article in serial). SKE29740.

<4> Worsfold, F. H., 1926, Observations on the provenance of the Thames Valley Pick, Swalecliffe, Kent (Article in serial). SWX6578.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M-7.3, p 134 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<6> Green, C.P., Allen, T., Bowen, D.Q. & Keen, D.H., 1998, Swalecliffe (Article in serial). SKE29744.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1861. Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay.
<2>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p. 617.
<3>XYArticle in serial: Worsfold, F.H.. 1926a. An examination of the contents of the brickearths and gravels of Tankerton Bay, Swalecliffe, Kent. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 37: 326-329.. [Mapped feature: #44187 Find, ]
<4>Article in serial: Worsfold, F. H.. 1926. Observations on the provenance of the Thames Valley Pick, Swalecliffe, Kent.
<5>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. M-7.3, p 134.
<6>Article in serial: Green, C.P., Allen, T., Bowen, D.Q. & Keen, D.H.. 1998. Swalecliffe. In (JB Murton et al., eds) The Quaternary of Kent & Sussex: Field Guide: 56-60. Quaternary Research Association, London..