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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1212
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Concentration of Palaeolithic handaxes on beach presumed to derive from Pleistocene deposits capping cliff

Summary

Reculver, shore to west of fort, towards Bishopstone Gap, concentration of nine Palaeolithic handaxes on beach presumed to derive from Pleistocene pebbly clay deposits capping cliff

Grid Reference:TR 217 691
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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Nine handaxes found on beach to west of Reculver fort, presumed to derive from patch of pebbly clay deposits capping cliff at c. 50ft OD (1, 2, 3, 4). Finds reliably associated with this location include 6 handaxes recovered by T Leech, two by J Evans and one by J Prestwich.


<1> Prestwich, J., 1861, Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay, p364-365 (Article in serial). SWX6580.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p613-516 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7.3, p152 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S7 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

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. p364-365.
<2>Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p613-516.
<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-7.3, p152.
<4>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1993.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]. S7.