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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 SE 242 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Sturry, Palaeolithic handaxe from Homersham's pit behind Whatmer Hall |
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Summary
Sturry, Palaeolithic handaxe from Homersham's pit behind Whatmer Hall
| Grid Reference: | TR 182 609 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16SE |
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| Parish: | STURRY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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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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Handaxe with unusual asymmetric cross-section, mentioned by Bowes (1). NB there were numerous gravel pits open in Sturry area at various times in the first half of the 20th C, best summarised by Dewey & Smith (2), and this site is not the same as "Homersham's New Cutting".
<1> Bowes, A, 1929, Another flint from Sturry, p425 (Article in serial). SKE29749.
<2> Dewey H, Smith RA, 1925, Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent. (Article in serial). SKE29699.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Bowes, A. 1929. Another flint from Sturry. Antiquaries Journal 9: 245-246.. p425. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Dewey H, Smith RA. 1925. Flints from the Sturry gravels, Kent.. Kent. Archaeologia 74: 117-136. |
