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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1205
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Reculver shore, numerous Palaeolithic handaxe finds without precise location details

Summary

Reculver shore, numerous Palaeolithic handaxe finds without precise location details

Grid Reference:TR 21 69
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • HANDAXE (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Reculver shore, numerous handaxe finds recorded along shoreline to west of Reculver fort below Reculver cliffs (1-4). Most presumably originate from Pleistocene deposits outcropping at cliff-top, but these poorly understood (1-4). Most are of typical Acheulian pointed and sub-cordate forms, but also one of bout coupe form in British Museum, accession 1903.11-15.17 (5, 6). Also some possible Levalloisian flakes (3, 4).


<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, pp. 613, 616 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p. 171 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<4> 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's 3 and 4, p 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<5> Tyldesley JA, 1987, The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford., p. 68 (Bibliographic reference). SKE29688.

<6> Roe, D.A., 1981, The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain., p. 261 (Monograph). SKE29687.

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. pp. 613, 616.
<3>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p. 171.
<4>Monograph: 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's 3 and 4, p 152.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Tyldesley JA. 1987. The Bout Coupé Handaxe: a Typological Problem. British Series 170. BAR, Oxford.. p. 68.
<6>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1981. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain.. p. 261.