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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 15 NE 1130
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Canterbury, Northgate - handaxe and some debitage

Summary

Canterbury, Northgate - handaxe and some debitage, uncertain how/when found

Grid Reference:	TR 151 581
Map Sheet:	TR15NE
Parish:	CANTERBURY, 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)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Canterbury, Northgate - one handaxe, a lithic implement and three pieces of debitage, uncertain how/when found. Seen by Roe in British Museum (1), then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3)

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p142 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S4 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S4.18 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps]. S4.
<1>	Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p142.
<2>	Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S4.18.