Link to printer-friendly page

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 1128
Type of record:Pleistocene Environmental Findspot
Name:Mammoth tooth from gravel pits, "back of Wincheap", Canterbury

Summary

Mammoth tooth from gravel pits, "back of Wincheap", Canterbury


Grid Reference:TR 145 571
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

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.