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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1127 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint implements, found Gaskin's Pit, Vauxhall Brickworks, Canterbury |
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Summary
Palaeolithic flint implements, found Gaskin's Pit, Vauxhall Brickworks, Canterbury
| Grid Reference: | TR 165 592 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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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 Gaskin's Pit was the furthest north-east from the Cavalry Barracks. 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. |
