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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NW 1210 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Reculver cliff-top - handaxe found in situ in cliff-top deposits above Prestwich/Evans beach findspot |
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Summary
Reculver cliff-top - handaxe found in situ in cliff-top deposits above Prestwich/Evans beach findspot
| Grid Reference: | TR 215 690 |
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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 - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Full description
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Handaxe recovered in situ from gravel exposed by fox hole (1), in cliff-top deposits above beach where numerous handaxe finds were made (2,3)
<1> Burchell, J. P. T., 1924, The gravels at Reculver, p207-208 (Article in serial). SWX6581.
<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p613 (Monograph). SWX6573.
<3> Prestwich, J., 1861, Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay, p364-365 (Article in serial). SWX6580.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Burchell, J. P. T.. 1924. The gravels at Reculver. p207-208. |
| <2> | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p613. |
| <3> | Article in serial: Prestwich, J.. 1861. Notes on some further discoveries of flint implements in beds of Post-Pliocene Gravel and Clay. p364-365. |
