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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1128 |
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Type of record: | Pleistocene Environmental Findspot |
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Name: | Mammoth tooth from gravel pits, "back of Wincheap", Canterbury |
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Summary
Mammoth tooth from gravel pits, "back of Wincheap", Canterbury
Grid Reference: | TR 145 571 |
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Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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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
- MAMMAL REMAINS (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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At the back of Wincheap, Canterbury, a mammoth tooth was found as well as Palaeolithic implements in pits between the waterworks and the gasometer. (1)
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain (Monograph). SWX6573.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. |