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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 SE 239 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | "Levallois chipping floor", from above terrace gravel at Riverdale, Canterbury |
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Summary
"Levallois chipping floor", from above terrace gravel at Riverdale, Canterbury, below 2 ft of grey clay in gravel pit north of Stour and a little east of Canterbury
| Grid Reference: | TR 16 60 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16SE |
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| Parish: | HACKINGTON, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Full description
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"Levallois chipping floor", from above terrace gravel at Riverdale, Canterbury, below 2 ft of grey clay in gravel pit north of Stour and a little east of Canterbury (1, 2, 3). Reported by Bowes (1) as at base of 2 ft of grey clay (which contained Roman foundations), at junction with underlying gravel (which was 12 ft thick). No info on recovery or subsequent whereabouts of reported Levallois finds.
<1> Bowes, A, 1939, A remarkable flint core (Article in serial). SKE29698.
<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p. 142 (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], S-4.21, p146 (Monograph). SWX6569.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Bowes, A. 1939. A remarkable flint core. |
| <2> | Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p. 142. |
| <3> | Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-4.21, p146. |
