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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 16 SE 250 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes and other artefacts recovered from area to west of Butts public house |
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Summary
Westbere, nr Sturry - numerous Palaeolithic handaxes and other artefacts recovered from area to west of Butts public house
Grid Reference: | TR 191 613 |
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Map Sheet: | TR16SE |
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Parish: | WESTBERE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (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)
- 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=28) and other artefacts (including eight retouched flake-tools and 23 pieces of debitage) recovered from area to west of Butts public house. Seen by Roe in British Museum collection (1), then included in Southern Rivers Project (2, 3). No more precise 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-6.3, 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S6 (Unpublished document).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-6.3, 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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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. |