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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NW 1208 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Oldhaven/Bishopstone Gap and Hillborough Cliff - three Palaeolithic handaxes and a flake from cliff-top gravel deposits and inland from cliff edge |
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Summary
Oldhaven/Bishopstone Gap and Hillborough Cliff - three Palaeolithic handaxes and a flake from cliff-top gravel deposits and inland from cliff edge, found on separate occasions
| Grid Reference: | TR 20 68 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NW |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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Various Palaeolithic finds from cliff-top gravel deposits and inland from cliff edge at Oldhaven/Bishopstone Gap and Hillborough Cliff, found on separate occasions, mentioned in Evans 1897 (1) - one complete implement (found by Coastguard man), a broken implement, broken point of an implement (found by Evans) and a long ochreous flake (found by J Brent)
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p616-617 (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. p616-617. |
