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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 1126
Type of record:Monument
Name:Palaeolithic flint implements, found Vauxhall Brickworks, Canterbury

Summary

Palaeolithic flint implements, found Vauxhall Brickworks, Canterbury


Grid Reference:TR 164 591
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Vauxhall Brick Works, on the south side of the Canterbury-Sturry road and east of the barracks, has yielded palaeolithic implements including Acheulian ovates and Mousterian points. Various pits were open at different times, and the precise provenance of any finds is unknown. (1-3)


<1> Dewey H, Smith RA, 1925, Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent., pp. 134-135 (Article in serial). SKE29699.

<2> F1 ASP 05-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE41940.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-4.23, p 146 (Monograph). SWX6569.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Dewey H, Smith RA. 1925. Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent.. Kent. Archaeologia 74: 117-136. pp. 134-135.
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05-FEB-65.
<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-4.23, p 146.