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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 SE 249
Type of record:Monument
Name:Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes and other artefacts recovered from area to east of Butts public house

Summary

Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes and other artefacts recovered from area to east of Butts public house

Grid Reference:TR 192 615
Map Sheet:TR16SE
Parish:STURRY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • OCCUPATION SITE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Full description

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Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes (n=27) and other artefacts (including one retouched flake-tool) recovered from area to east of Butts public house. Seen by Roe in British Museum collection (1), then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3). No info on provenance of material or circumstances of discovery


<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p186 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-6.2, p150 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S6 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. 1-355. p186.
<2>Monograph: Wessex Archaeology. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text]. S-6.2, p150.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. S6.